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Firemen in the Blitz

But the men all came back all right, there was none of them hurt, but black as coal, as if they had...

The True Story of the Bombing of Bradford -Part One

To come to the point, Alan had been to the Ritz cinema in Bradford, on the night that the bombs fell on...

The Story of Lillian Ewins [L.Ewins : Part 3]

Billy had a very good voice, like his Dad, and sang m St. Lukes church choir. While Billy was attending...

A Time To Remember

Mum and I had not been settled long in the shelter before we heard the sound of German aircraft overhead,...

My World War Two memories of life in Coventry.

The contract for my apprenticeship seemed to count for nought, and I was offered a place in the drawing...

A LETTER FROM THE BRISTOL BLITZ

The windows have been blown in by a large bomb which demolished 3, 4 and 5 Victoria Square. A week or two...

"MY WAR": In the Royal Navy

London in War Time

I do not remember our trip to Scotland to see Dad before he was taken away to the war in Algiers but...

Wartime in Birmingham and Wolverhampton, 1939-1946

Sometimes during the day we would see a balloon floating free across the sky looking like an Airship, other...

Irene Seaton鈥檚 World War Two Reminiscences

Mum would protect the furniture with covers 鈥� in particular our Marconi Radiogram that was Dad's...

Greenock Corporation and the Blitz

"With the beginning of ARP in 1935 I was the Chief Assistant in the Town Clerk's office and was...

A Bermondsey Boys War. Part 5 - Home once again.

He would pick Dad up very early in the mornings, on his way to the Borough Market, near London Bridge, and...

Cardiff Under Attack by the Luftwaffe Part 1 Llandaff Cathedral is badly damaged

I was then a little girl aged 8 years old and lived in the village of Llandaff, Cardiff, in South Wales....

Memories of WWII in Industry

This information was gleaned from my wife's brother who was employed as the Chief Engineer for...

Tom Clifford - The War Years

Another episode at Hams Hall was during a guard duty on the river bank near to the cable bridge, dad was...

Bristol Home Guard 1940-41

My unit - 鈥淕鈥� Section, No.11 Platoon, 11th.Gloucester Battalion - was very seriously involved...

The True Story of the Bombing of Bradford -Part 2

There was also a report on tramlines being disrupted in Tyrrel Street. Other incidents across Bradford are...

From Pillar to Post - Part 2

We saw a torch light and heard voices heading towards us and was jolly well relieved when mum climbed into...

13 Farthings - Chapter 2 part 1

Some men came along and cut down all the iron railings in front of the houses in Digby Road; Boy scouts...

Memories of a Girl Living in Highland Avenue, London [Mrs.Hayes]

Memories of a Girl Living in Highland Avenue, London. I was in London in No 5 Highland Avenue, my father...

Life as a Conscientious Objector and Nurse during the Blitz

There were one or two incendiary raids when I was on duty and I can recall one where a number of the...

Norman's War

We spent many a long night in the shelter, as the bombers would follow the River Severn to the Midlands but...

A child experiences of WW2:In Walthamstow

Quite a few times in 1940 we travelled back to Walthamstow and I particularly remember several times...

Wartime for a Southampton Teenager

On July 1, we left Bournemouth and enrolled at the School of Art, which was still in Southampton. Then,...

98 Brighton Road

We were ordinary middle class of the period - father in his 40鈥檚 having served as a volunteer...

My Childhood War in Reading and Bath

My brother Patrick Wason was in the Navy, my sister Margaret Wason in the WRAF and my Dad's youngest...