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Bombed Out

It was in 1940 that the Battle of Britain was fought as German bombers mounted daylight raids on London....

doodlebug.

By this time it was common for some people, probably the younger ones, to ignore sirens and just listen for...

Exeter Blitz 4th May 1942

I was thirteen at the time of the Exeter Blitz and lived with my Mum and Dad together with my sister and...

Standing alone, putting a brave face on it

Canterbury had no particular strategic or military significance as a target, except that it did have a...

Just waiting

But I take no notice of my own good advice and return to watch from the window. fidgeting with the curtains...

'Blooded’ but Unhurt — the Funny Side of a Bomb Explosion

'Blooded’ but Unhurt — the Funny Side of a Bomb Explosion. My only other lasting memories...

My most memorable day at school

We had travelled to Liverpool very aware of the bombing raid the previous night as the dockside and...

QUITE A COINCIDENCE

It's a fine December evening and I am just about to enter the "Kursaal" cinema in down-town...

Anyone know a good sweep?

As the fire that mum had lit began to heat up, they assumed it had caused the incendiary to go off, or...

Days that stay in the mind

I was a schoolboy at the time and on this particular afternoon the sirens has sounded so I went with my...

A Hasty Conversion

I heard my first air raid sirens there, and shortly after the outbreak of way my father, who was in a...

Life in Salford

Mother was cook in the Crescent Nursing Home in Salford 5... I had a brother in the army and a brother in...

"Grandma's fur coat!", in the London Blitz

My Dad, Reginald Robertson, an Air Raid Precautions Warden, was on duty at that very moment at the top of...

Childhood in London

On returning to London, to live at 8 Welbeck Street, Marylebone, I attended St Marys C/E School which was...

fighting back against the bombers

Portsmouth wasn't a good place to be ….the Germans either came over in large formations because...

WW2 Memories of an aircraft fitter

The goverment issued Anderson shelters and other types of shelter to every household and in Washwood Heath...

Working in Salford

We worked very hard, Manchester at one time was the only telegraph office not bomb damaged. Albert Square...

If you see an incendiary bomb, don't lose your head, put it in a bucket! - Part 1

The next night a policemen told us that there was an unexploded bomb in the back garden of the house next...

Blitz

This was not the only bomb scene because landmines and bombs had fallen almost in the next few streets......

Family Memories of World War Two

Uncle Les refused to get out of his bed saying that he was used to being shot at and nothing would get...

Dodging the Incendiary bombs in Glengormley

Little did I know at this time that I would marry a Belfast lad who was to join the Royal Irish Fusiliers...

Interview with Ada Kerwin

I had a brother in the army and a brother in the airforce. At times if there was a lull in the...

First job

One was able to purchase the best ham sandwiches on this earth at one of the local printer's food shops...

All in the Same Boat - A Childhood Memory of Wartime Britain

All in the Same Boat - A Childhood Memory of Wartime Coventry. I realised after the war that my elder...

Growing up in wartime

Bellerive', the convent school that I attended in Liverpool, was classed as a vulnerable area, and so...

My War Wound

I can remember lying on my back in the First Aid Post in Walworth Town Hall, near the Elephant and Castle...