Despite its sale after 30 years ‘on the run’ protecting the village and going to London in the...
One was an aircraft factory in Allerton Road where I was put on inspecting small aeroplane parts from the...
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What had happened was that a German plane had dropped its stick of bombs early, just before its target...
My grandparents looked after us, and we lived very near the docks in Huskisson Street then in Knotty Ash...
Sir Winston Churchill on that night spoke to the London Fire Brigade chief and his statement was...
This is my Aunt's story I found the information about sharing war experiences at the Kew Flower Show...
On the night of 20th September 1940, a 1,000lb German bomb fell on our house at 59 Dunedin Road, Leyton,...
One was an aircraft factory in Allerton Road where I was put on inspecting small aeroplane parts from the...
Almost immediately the first bombs began to fall so I was picked up by my mother and the three of us dashed...
I was aged 14 in about 1940/41, and every Thursday, I had to go and stay with my aunt, Mrs Bell, at...
When I was about eleven, I was on Newhaven station helping the evacuees, come from London. After that we...
Living out in the countryside as we did one would expect wartime to be without incident, but it seems our...
There was a particular smell caused by incendiary bombs setting fire to attics and the timbers and rubbish...
I told my mother that I was coming back under and 20 seconds later the room lit up as an incendiary bomb...
When my Grandmother and my two uncles and aunts were bombed out in Central London and came to stay with us,...
My Sister and I with some other children who lived in the same road in the east end of London this being...
My father leaned through the door of the cubby hole under the stairs; grabbed my hand and said ‘Come...
Every Sunday night I was at the railway station serving refreshments to the servicemen passing through the...
The Germans were after Irlam steel works, plus other factories.We had many. At the age of 11 years I had a...
He met Winston Churchill on one occasion, as he walked through the city at night to meet the firefighters...
Further along Park Road was the home of my grandparents and 2 aunts and an uncle -all unmarried,so my...
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