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The CSV Action Desk at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wiltshire

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Stories contributed by The CSV Action Desk at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Wiltshire

Harry Lidstone Lugg
Employment opportunites in the War
Holidays at ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
War Time Weddings
Ration Books To Gun Turrets
Phoebe Anne Phillips
â€˜Memories of Drews Stationers, Swindonâ€™
â€˜Monkeys in cage!â€™
Weâ€™ll get engaged on my next leave!
Bill's Childhood Memories of Swindon as told to his wife Enid
Bill's School Day Memory at Gorse Hill School. as told to his wife Enid.
"Under The Stairs, Quick"! Related by Enid Middleton nee Villis
A Short Visit. As Told by Enid Middleton nee Villis
Memories of the Early 1940's.
School Girl Memories of the early 1940's
'Top Secret' News of Nuclear Bombing of Hiroshima. As told by Son in Law Richard Wintle.
"Fireworks over Cardiff". As told by Dr. John Phillips
Trapped in a Cupboard! as told by Dr.John Phillips
Family Letter From Effie
A Memory from my childhood in wartime Middlemoor. As told by Sally White nee Wheeler.
Mother's Embarrassment as told by Sally White
John Edgars Story
Judith's Story.
Cyclists tales. As related by members of the Halifax Section of the Cyclists Touring Club.
'Bombs' as told to her daughter Fiona
Crossley Terrace Bomb. as related by Lois Nicholl nee Nuttan
'The Milks Gone Off and the Duke of Kent is Dead', as told by Lois Nicholls nee Nutton
Baby's Rations. As told by Lois Nicholl nee Nutton
Dried Fruit for Richard and Black-out Curtains, as told by his mother Lois Nicholl nee Nutton
A LAWLESS LIFE
CANFORD CLIFFS - MEMORIES
DENIS EDWARDS WAR
Victory Celebrations
Making Do
CONSCRIPTION
'Cake for Christmas'. as told by Nancy Barnard
'Memories of My Journey in The Blitz', as told by Joan Doel nee Sarjantson
'Saved by a Soldier' as told by Violet Lilian Middleton nee Simons
'Mother's Memories' as told by her daughter Gillian Goldsmith.
'Father's Italian Job' as told by his daughter Gillian Goldsmith
'The Bear Encounter'!
A YOUNG LAD'S WAR
Childhood Memories of the Coventry Blitz as told by Janis Leedam nee Harnott
Dame Vera Lynn's Tribute to the 93rd Searchlight Battalion
Wee Willy's Wooden Whistle
Operating searchlights during World War II
The Day that changed my life forever. As told by Wictoria Kazimiera Czentorycka nee Weglarz.
Peanut Butter Incident as told by his daughter Mrs.M.Williams.
French Memories - Related by daughter Laurence Edgecombe.
A Wiltshire Schoolboy's War/ As told by Philip Jack Yeates
Dilutee Tradesmen
Rats
Apprentices
Making Bombs
Weighing Machines
Rivet Hotting
Fire Pump Trailer
Searchlights
POW Russian Slave Labour Camps
Auxilliary Messenger
Working on The G.W.R.
Oiler and Greaser
Loading bombs
Ferndale Road
Cricket
Swiss Jig Boring Machine
Train Attacked by Plane
Earliest Memories. As told by John Turner.
'Molasses on a Swindon Street'- a WW2 memory of Kenneth Head.
In an Air Raid Shelter in London. As related by Fiona Miller
Attacked by German 'Sneak Raider'. As related by Iris Stass, nee Gould
My Childhood Memories of the War. By Joan Pearce.
Bad Memories of My Time as an Evacuee in Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire. As told by Joyce Devoir nee Parry.
Seeking the Search Lights. As told by Peter Hughes
Hole in the Roof. As told by Peter Huges.
Mending Leaks in Kettles and Pans. As told by Marion Hughes nee Archard.
'Broomstick on Westminster Bridge'. Told by daughter Dorothy 'Cherry' Clark.
'Mistaken Identity'. As told by Daughter Dorothy 'Cherry' Clark.
'Best of Friends'. By fellow allotment tenant Martin Doughty.
'Pinkies' in Benghazi, 1945. As told by his son Martin Doughty.
My Early Wartime Recollections.Part 1. As related by William Cope.
My Early Wartime Recollections. Part 2. Related by William Cope.
My Early Wartime Recollections. Part 3. As related by William Cope.
Some More Of My Wartime Recollections. By William Cope.
'One of my Worst Wartime Memories' as told by Nell Aylett nee Newman.
'It WAS real'! September 3rd 1939 as told by Mrs Nell Aylett nee Newman
Coach Load of Soldiers Returning from Dunkirk. As told by Nell Aylett nee Newman.
My Husband Was Right. As told by Nell Aylett nee Newman
A Few Of My War Time Memories by Albert Davey.
Some Memories Of My Childhood During WW2 by Valerie Davey nee Russell.
The Clock as told by Judith Hill nee Sturgeon
Experiences of the War in Poetry
Escaper's Escapade
A SCIENTIST'S WAR
GRANDMA'S WAR MEMORIES
â€˜Stevieâ€™s WW2 Memoriesâ€™ By Ena â€˜Stevieâ€™ Thipthorpe nee Stevens.
A Journey to and From Greece in 1941 as related to CSV Wiltshire Action Desk by L.A.C.Frank S.Paul. RAF (F11E)
Part 2 of 'A Journey to and From Greece in 1941' by LAC Frank S.Paul (F11E)
Part 3 'A Journey to and From Greece 1941' by LAC Frank S.Paul (F11E)
Part 4. 'A Journey to and From Greece 1941' by Frank S.Paul (F11E)
'My Memories on the Georgic' by Allan Thipthorpe
My Early Years Pre and During WW11, As I Remember Them. As told by Allan Thipthorpe
Part 5. 'A Journey to and From Greece 1941. By Frank S.Paul (F11E)
Living near Devizes in Wiltshire during the war
An increasing household
Cow in the Night
Nightingales and stars
The Scones and the Brigadier
Fire in the Barracks
A Fire in the Barracks
D-Day recollections
War was fun!
War was kind of fun!
Of course we'll win the war!
Memorable Train Journey by Donald Greaves
Fishing for Tiddlers and Dodging the Bullets! by Donald Greaves.
The Need for Money. By Donald Greaves
Our Bit for the War Effort by Donald Greaves
U.X.B. By Donald Greaves
MY WAR. by Barbara Hammond (nee Biggs) Known as 'Dutch' or 'The Duchess'. PART ONE.
MY WAR. by Barbara Hammond (nee Biggs) Known as 'Dutch' or 'The Duchess' PART TWO.
A Wiltshire Man Going Down ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½. By Douglas Merritt.
MY WAR. by Barbara Hammond (nee Biggs) known as 'Dutch' or 'The Duchess' PART 3.
Working as a Voluntary Aid Detachment
Young People's National Service
Prized shrapnel from a V1 Doodlebug
Water supply on the North Circular
MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR TWO
A Matter of Conscience. Bill Spray
Saved by a cricket match
Failed to ignite...
Married in 1945
Recollections from my Childhood in Fordingbridge, by Pam Cole nee Richardson
Cowboys and Injuns and Dads' Army
A 'Yank' at the Circus
My War in London and Northamptonshire
'Excused Marching' as told by Doug Davis
Anthony Averies Memories of WW2. As told by himself.
Mini Blitz in 1944 'Near Miss for the Palace'. As told by Allan Thipthorpe.
ARP in Swindon
My Mum's War Memories
Achman, Germany 1945
Brussels 1945
Germany 1945
'LET'S FLY'. As related by Norman Rollin.
Ashbury War Time Memories as told by Eunice Gigg nee Pill.
Searchlight operations - 93rd Searchlight Regiment
Roger the dog
Celebrations in the barracks
Knitting to victory
Memories of farming in Lacock
Exercising the horses in Lacock
Hiding the Magna Carta at Lacock
Evacuated love in Lacock
Evacuated to Lacock
Treats for the kids in Lacock
Evacuation from the coast to the industrial north

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