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Tales of an Evacuee

At the age of 8 years my husband joined the band of evacuees from a council estate in Merseyside into the...

Story - Ted Ruttter

My brothers and sisters and friends found it hard growing up in the war years... I lost some close friends...

Happy Christmases

After an air-raid we would go out into the street collecting shrapnel from the bomb casings, great shards...

Living in London

The Anderson shelter erected in the back garden was very damp – water collected in the bottom –...

VE Day Celebrations at Tankersley

I was hoisted onto dad's shoulders, the torches were lit and we all set off up the new road towards...

Gathering Clouds

They had spent their wedding night at our house in my parents'bed.I remember we all slept downstairs.On...

Three Times an Evacuee

On sunday morning the third of september 1939,i was evacuated along with my two younger brothers to great...

Evacuees Life in Preston

Unfortunately, Auntie ANnie's husband Henry was a violent man and regularly beat his wife if the dinner...

Prisoner of War parcels

These had to be brought up on trolleys in a lift, one of the main attractions of the job as far as...

Hunting for Souvenirs

I remember that a Spitfire crashed in the Chiltern Hills in the autumn of 1944, The hills in that part of...

Sweets in Wartime

During World War Two I lived with my parents in Wymondham, above my father's shoe shop in Damgate...

Evacuation Stories

There we were put into the care of Dilys the cook, and Gladys the maid, two eighteen year olds... When I...

Memories of a Child in Bristol

I also remember a daylight raid on Bristol, when they bombed Filton, men came home saying how terrible it...

An Unexploded Bomb: A Hell of a Headache!

My father in law, Derek, spent the war on a farm in Kent where he lived with his Aunt and Uncle in...

Evacuee Dies Aged 12 in Wales

In 1941,three of the children-Bill, Len and their sister,Audrey were evacuated to Aberbargoed, a small...

War Poetry

REMEMBRANCE As poppies go on sale again, so all our thoughts begin, Of the countless men and women, who our...

Hitler Ruins my Education

I was attending Grammar School near Princes Park, Liverpool, and in early 1940 the Germans started bombing...

Who stole the Silver Spoons?

It was very close to the Woolwich Arsenal, a weapons manufacturer; so many bombs were dropped close to...

Where Were You When ...?

The V2 which came down in Goodmayes Park, Ilford in February 1945 was a minor incident by the standards of...

A Messenger Boy

Just a lonely scruffy little ten year old Cockney kid Walking aimlessly down a silent traffic free cobbled...

And the band played on

In Jan 1940, I went to France and when the Germans invaded in 1940 I was in Belgium – Krombeke, about...

In the Cellar

On one occasion, I remember my dad was out fire watching when the Air Raid sirens went off and my mum had...

Evacuation 1940: Southend to Nottinghamshire

On June 2nd 1940 I was evacuated from Southend-on-Sea to Mansfield in Nottinghamshire.I was 12 years old...

Wartime Memories: The Start of the War and Rationing, Lancashire

We switched on the radio, no tv in those days! we got all news and information via the radio. i was peeling...

Wartime Memories: The Messenger Boy

Through the Sea Cadets I got a job as a Messenger Boy for the Naval Department at the Ministry of...

A Memorable Day: Catford School Bombing

Once to attend a memorial service in January of last year, where I happened to meet and make friends with...