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Memories from Second World War

It was after a subsequent more terrible raid that I wrote the poem 鈥淟ondon October 3rd 1940鈥�...

The Greenock Blitz - Loch Thom

My memories/recollections of the Greenock Blitz of 6th/7th May 1941 are about how it affected the Loch Thom...

A Few Memories of the 1939-45 War: In Acton, London

OO pm on August 25 1939, before checking in at an hotel we went to the docks to ascertain the sailing of...

Air Raids in Bromsgrove

German bomber flew low over Bromsgrove and bombed Austin Works at Longbridge. By the time we had reached...

The True Story of the Bombing of Bradford -Part 3

LUFTWAFFE AIR RAIDS ON BRADFORD -WORLD WAR 2 I am in receipt of a letter you sent to the National Secretary...

Dot's Memories: In the Land Army and during the London Blitz

One dance we went to at a Naval Camp and going up to the gate in the dark a Sentry challenged us...

Bombed in the Blitz

My sister and her husband lost their home and all their belongings in the bombing of the previous week. My...

In the London Blitz

My family lived in Leytonstone, in outer east London... We travelled by Green Line coach, part of the...

How the Bombing Affected My Education

About 10 students turned up and we were in a lounge furnished with 2 settees and easy seats.We were...

How I Passed an Examination in Art

In the summer of 1940 I was a pupil at Weymouth Grammar School and found myself sitting at one of a row...

Up the North Sea on a Pleasure Boat - Gravesend's War

We left home very early on Saturday Sept.2nd and boarded a pleasure steamer called 鈥楾he Royal...

Doodlebug on my doorstep: In London

Bombs still dropped with persistent regularity over the city of London and other places but the British...

A Schoolboys View of World War 2

A Schoolboy's view of World War 2 By John Salisbury I was only 6 years old living in Rose Cottage,...

A Daylight Air-Raid in Filton, Glos.

On this particular Wednesday in September a squadron of 80 German bombers aimed at this factory, in Filton,...

From a Young Childs Eyes

As this would take us past the ruined stables owned by George's the Bristol Brewery and the decaying...

The Night of the Blitz: Bombing of Norwich

There was a bomb at the bottom of Grapes Hill then another in Raglan Street near to the Lothian Public...

Pylmstock and Oreston Bombed

Then came the shower of incendiary bombs, the explosion of bombs moved in the direction of Plymstock. We...

From Bricklayer to Fireman: On the 'Blue Watch' at Tooting Fire Station

We drove these cabs back to the main fire station....

Children of the Blitz

We were an average family and my father was the Chief Bunkering Officer for the port of Liverpool as he had...

A Teenager's War: The Effect of the Blitz on a Young Girl in Bristol

After receiving first-aid at an air-raid shelter under the playground of Fairfield School, Elsie was taken...

Air-Raids, School and Yanks!

In late 1941, or early 1942 an Army Cadet Force was formed in the town, with Mr. Leeson as Commanding...

Memoirs of War

, the soldiers arrived in their dirty clothes which as you can imagine were very grubby and somewhat smelly...

A White Nylon Parachute was Wrapped Around the Remains of Our Front Gate

We were moved to a cottage, which was vacant on the outskirts of Kenilworth... I return to school in...

Four Hundred Bombers" by Trevor Cook

From August 1940 the city was the object of intermittent air attacks, which followed the usual pattern; the...

War Baby in Belfast

I was particularly drawn to the story of a girl called Helen who became a Wren and worked a teleprinter and...

The Weekend Before Christmas 1940: Clayton, Manchester - Effects of Bombing and Growing Up Fast

Frank Smith of Higher Openshaw, Fred Philips of Clayton Vale, Joe Flanaghan of Stuart Street and of course...