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Memories of a WW2 Evacuee: From Slough to Shropshire

Clive and I used to walk to Tibberton on Sunday afternoon and would go to Sunday School in the church and...

She said "Carol, War Has Been Declared"

Another unpleasant memory was sound of the enemy aircraft overhead at night; the throbbing of the engines...

Evacuated From London - The Clapton Family Story

A few days after we settled into Stepps Cottage and mum had collected Doreen, George and Lily from their...

From rags to riches part 1

When I was born on the 1st October 1924, my Mum and Dad had three children already, an older sister and two...

Evacuated to the West Country: From Bow to Burlescombe

A few days after we settled into Stepps Cottage and mum had collected Doreen, George and Lily from their...

My Wife Irene鈥檚 Wartime Story By LEONARD J.SMITH

The bullring was a very special place with a special atmosphere of its own which was lost for ever, out...

Peggy's Wartime Memoriors

One of our friends from Dumfries, Tom, was now in the RAF and stationed nearby so when my godfather's...

MY Second World War Memories:Evacuated to Wales

One Saturday Roy Crossley and I went to Aberystwyth, with Mr Lloyd in the pony and trap, as we both had to...

WW2 in Somerset and Croydon

It was a long journey from Croydon, South London where we lived, particularly for a young boy and cars were...

My Journey to Burma 1940 by Flying Boat

My mother and I left the small hotel in Worthing where we had been staying since before Christmas to travel...

My War by Betty E Turner

True to his promise, when we were settled in Maresfield in May 1941, a brand new 鈥楴ew Hudson鈥�...

A Schoolboy in Northallerton

The vast areas of flat land in the Vale of Mowbray became the location and development of major airfields...

Dorothy Taylor-How I saw the Second World War Part 3

There were dances held in Saltaire in a room under Salt's library, at the Lakeen in Shipley and also...

Evacuation:London to The Fens

All us children stood in a big group at one end of the hall and the potential 鈥渇oster mothers鈥�...

St Gildas Convent, Chard

This was four miles away along the busy A.30 road and my mother or father would take me by car, a Morris...

Excitement and Fear as a Young Lad.

A lot of them went back to London when the bombing didn't start and during the Blitz in 1940 when the...

Memories of an Evacuee in N Yorkshire

During the times at Northallerton I was really quite happy with plenty of friends both from Bede and the...

Playing with the rabbits Ch.3 (Part 1): Family Life in Bristol

Shortly after our arrival in Bristol we were joined by my Aunt Dorothy, wife of my mother's eldest...

Wakefield and WWII

Drake & Warters, part-owned by Mrs Cresswell's father had men working in Sheffield, and they told...

A Young Person's War in London: Hospital Care, Saved by Dad, Music from German POWs

A Young Person's War in London: Hospital Care, Saved by Dad, Music from German POWs. The remaining...

The Day War Broke Out: Childhood Memories in Wellingborough

The Free French were situated in the town and what is now the Railway Club was the French Officers quarters...

Me in My Pram. Part One.

Dixie lived with his mum and dad,his two sisters, Kath and Mary, at number 148. Evacuees were kids from...

My memories of the days before and during the second world war: A Child in Kingston Upon Hull

My fathers father had for years worked on the Hedon Road area docks as a Pit-Prop carrier,, that were used...

My War

We watched as my brother was taken away by an old lady with grey hair and an unsmiling face, but I held...

An Infant In Surrey

Dust Carts,, were pulled by horses so after one passed, there was a rush for the droppings of the horses,...

Being Evacuated: From Acton to Glamorgan

A short ride and we were at Acton Main Line railway station, where our parents and teachers shepherded us...