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I stopped off to fill the bath with water in case of incendiary bombs but as I did so a high explosive...
My father was sent to a crash station in North Africa were he said his main job was stripping damaged...
I was even more shocked to see the state of the city of Hull, fires were burning everywhere from King...
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As soon as the siren sounded, we would each take up our appointed burden and make for the shelter, often,...
With the concern for Jack, and the tension caused by running to and from the fire station while the raids...
Tregantle Fort, Blarrick Camp, Maker Barracks, Maker Redoubt, Picklecombe Fort, Fourcross and Cremyll...
Dad looked on smiling benignly, no less relieved, soot faced and exhausted, having been called out by the...
By about 9.30 we were on the outskirts of Solihull and we were told that there were unexploded bombs on the...
A stick of bombs was when a bomber came over, opened its bomb doors and all the bombs dropped out one by...
The family of Anne Ropbinson of ´óÏó´«Ã½ fame lived next door to us , although I can't remember Anne or her...
The bombing had been going on regularly by this time, the Jerries had an easy job finding Hull, they wanted...
Park Street was just a torrent of water because a bomb had been dropped at the top of Park Street which had...
We lived with my grandparents and both granddad and Dad were both industrial firemen; Granddad was the...
I was eighteen when the war broke out and I moved to Coventry to be closer to my Aunt who was a...
In July Barrage Balloons appeared in North Shields, and all along both sides of the River Tyne up to...
In July Barrage Balloons appeared in North Shields, and all along both sides of the River Tyne up to...
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