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War Time in Hospital

I still have a toy elephant made in felt by a war-wounded soldier, who was recovering from leg wounds....

One Big Bang!

My father kept pigs on the edge of a huge field which was part of the family land adjacent to our orchard...

Supposing a bomb fell on the house....

Something like a 'moonlight flit' took place, however, and we moved to Ipswich just before those...

Memories of a Young Boys Evacuation

My sister was 9 and I was nearly 5 and we were first billeted together in Bardsea across the bay from...

V1 Saga

German bombers having been deterred by the intense anti aircraft barrage close to london turned for home,...

My War (Aged 5-11)

During the worst period of air raids my mother and I slept in the Anderson shelter in the garden. To return...

A Thames Experience

This particular day we decided on a fishing trip to Penton Hook lock on the Thames at Laleham...

A Teenager in London

There was an English man who had a program on German radio giving out propaganda, his name was Lord Hawhaw...

Growing Up in War Time

As a Child I lived in Hatherley Street in Middlesbrough and was nine years old when the war started....

Evacuation with a Lord

After that period we all cam back to London for a while but later on we returned and were split up within...

Alan Archer — A Close Shave for Beach Adventurers in Whitstable

One day we were sitting by the surf when a German Messerschmitt appeared out of nowhere and came swooping...

Schoolboy Cycle Messenger in Oxton, Birkenhead, 1940

I had still to reach my sixteenth birthday when the war started and had already enrolled in the ARP as a...

Air Raids on Southampton

The war was still on of course and I remember at one time my brother and I were playing in the Recreation...

Living in Small Spaces

When the bombing was bad my Dad parked a caravan on a farm, near a reservoir, and we cycled there in...

The Night Derry Was Bombed

The German Aircraft returned safely to it base in Northern France and we children were perfectly happy the...

Childhood Memories

Decoys were lit in Nailsea to distract the opposition and as a result some bombs were dropped on the...

Parachuting into Dagenham

Parachuting into Dagenham...

Joan's Story - Coventry Blitz

Mum, my brothers and me were evacuated from Coventry to Leamington on 5 September 1939. Mum and dad used to...

Sugared Doughnuts

Every Tuesday we would visit my Aunt in Portrush and as usual we were ushered upstairs so the adults could...

Christina's War: Evacuated to Chester

We were introduced "Mrs Ledsham, this is Christina from Liverpool". The waiting was over. I stayed...

Sweet Rationing

After Mick and I were rejected as an inconvenience by Mrs Guy,I was passed on to a Mr and Mrs Parker of...

Helen Tinson's WW2 Experience

As I was 8 when the war ended my memories may be sketchy.A friend in Long Eaton slightly older worked in a...

The Blitz As Seen by a Child: In Sheffield

One of my Schoomates had been killed in their Anderson shelter while knitting.I only learned later how...

Build Your Own Air Raid Shelter

My father was in the local police and my sister worked for the Min.of Food at King's Hall in Stoke and...

Evacuated from Grimsby to Welton-le-marsh and Back Again

Mrs Bush and her husband lived in a large cottage in Mill Lane in Welton-le-Marsh and I have happy memories...

D Day

Some time in spring empty houses were requisitioned by the US army, and we woke up one morning to find that...