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A Mysterious Evacuee

The weekend the war started, after fixing the black out covers on our cars headlamps, my father and I went...

Gas masks - 1940

They stank of rubber but we had to keep it on, the teacher said, “ If Adolf comes and drops gas bombs...

Evacuee to Ruskie and West Kilbride

We stayed near the railway in Glasgow which were a target and I used to hear the whistling bombs. On VE day...

Foden's War

Still no joy, and then finally I was called up and went into the Royal Navy ending up as an air mechanic...

It's over!

The following year we came to Britain, and my first recollection was of standing outside Ilford station,...

The D Day Story of Reg Lack

His name was Reg Lack; he was the son of our next door neighbours in Semilong Road. Although I was only 11...

German Daylight Raid

We were coming home from school,the time about3.30 When the air raid sirens started.We were living in...

Watching the Dogfights over Exeter Station

I used to go out and watch the daylight dog fights between the British and German planes over Exeter...

Life in a Boarding School

I found work in a boy's school near Ludlow, in an old mansion of a house, called Downton Hall. I...

Wartime Childhood-South Shields

We lived near to the coast in South Shields, and bombs fell all around us: we were told that this was...

Bedford Boys Club Gymnastics Team

There was the German bombing of the Russell Park Area and in particular Laxton's Orchards... It's...

War Memories of an Evacuee: From Folkestone to the Wye Valley

My brother and I were sent to a village called Penalt on the Wye-Valley near Monmouth, we were billeted...

Alan's War Time Memories: Living in London, Wymondham and North Berwick

I don't remember when we moved back to London but when I was 7-8 I was in North Berwick with an Aunt...

Chocolate

By that time, my Dad had brought mum to Kettering and I was born at the General Hospital... I could see...

A Memorable Day For A 7 Year Old

The young man was Martin Collins a paratrooper who was engaged to be married to my much older sister... On...

Barbara and Maureen's Story as Told By the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast

Barbara and Maureen's Story as Told By the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Belfast. AS...

Childhood Memories

Robert: At the time I lived at no 10 Austin Street in Ipswich backing onto the Conservative Bowling Green...

The Lost Pilot

He was wearing an army officers uniform, I cannot recall his rank, but I distinctly remember he had the...

Bombing of Liverpool

My mother, Thelma Edney often recalled some of the horrific memories she had of the terrible bombing of...

Evacuee in the Far East

In the summer of 1940, worried about Japanese intentions in the area, the government ordered the evacuation...

Boyhood memories

I was only 5 years old at the time of the Battle of Britain but I have very clear memories of that...

Journey from France to England

All the English were trying to get out of France and my parents packed some of their belongings and set off...

Fire in the Hole!!

We heard the next day that ' Wilsons Drapery Store' in Crouch End had been destroyed by incendiary...

Childhood Evacuation

Dictated by Mrs Easter - my most vivid memory is of mum dressing me in a mac and a pair of wellington...

Veronica's Memories

I remember waiting in the school hall waiting to be evacuated to Blackpool... When we arrived at Blackpool...

Memories of Bristol

The Maritime Ack Ack were based around Thornbury. The break down lorry driver who attended the accident...