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Wartime in Cheltenham

Wartime Memories as a Child

It was Friday evening the 14th February 1941, I lived with my parents in a cottage at the rear of some...

Trip to the Cinema - A Lucky Escape in London

However, the local fire wardens bundled us into a car and took us down to the cellar of a large, fairly...

Exams in wartime

We were rather dismayed, however, to hear that, so as not to be uprooted during an exam, we were to be...

The Little Dutch Boy

I had an aunt in Crewe who took in a little Dutch boy... Auntie made sandwiches for tea one day, the boy...

Dads Army

Hello At the age of 6 years or so I remember accompaning my Dad on week end manoeuvares with the Home Guard...

Evacuation

I went to Alnwick, we had to stand in lines like sheep waiting to be picked,my friend and I were taken into...

The Kindness of Strangers

I was brought up at Portsmouth, and went to Stamshaw school, my father is a naval pensioned. He's an...

My Memories of World War II:In Edgeware and Scotland

I was 3 and my brother was 1 when the second World War began, and we lived in Edgware Middx. My Dad...

Wartime Memories of a Village Child

Our village did a great deal for the War Effort - sales, carnivals etc. to raise money for "Wings for...

Twins in Blankets.

My dad got a job as a gardener for the hall and we lived in the farmhouse on the estate. I was...

Sam Halliday's Memories of Cregagh

In September 1940, because we lived outside the city boundary, all the school children were moved for their...

Teenager around the World by Ship

He tells my mother that she must go to Australia with me and be safe as he thought England would be invaded...

WAR-A BOY - LONDON

WAR - A BOY - LONDON Born 1938 ,... I was approx 9 months old when ww2 broke out, living with my...

MY FIRST MEMORY

It was built of flint and shady and dark, it was the lodge to a large house and estate... The lady with...

The Biscuits

I was about 7 years old at the time, we went to school in Walsall and the teacher of my class Mrs...

The start of it All — Alys Clarke

In August 1939, I was a Girl Guide, and I went to Belgium with the Guides, and stayed in an annexe of...

A Wartime Story

We had never had to do this but this particular day, it was in late morning, when Miss Kemp who taught in...

Kept Safe During the Manchester Blitz by "BK"

My memories of World War 2 are numerous, but one I shall always remember is of the night of the Christmas...

A Childhood Saturday in March!

I always queued for a long time and I had to ask the man, who weighed the coke to help the bag...

ARPO50 - Public Transport by Stan Driver

If my friend and I wanted to see a film ib the town, we would go for a bus, and if we...

Shrapnel to Gum.

I remember finding shrapnel in the back garden one morning and standing at the front door one evening with...

Memories of Sandy: In Bedfordshire

I remember we were standing near a lampost opposite my grandmother's house in West Road in Sandy, and...

Evacuees lost!

I started at Wandsworth Grammar School, Sutherland Grove, Southfields, London, SW18 in September as the war...

Through a Child's Eyes

The war, I didn't understand what it was about until Dunkirk, and then the bombing of local factories....

A Frightening Moment: V1 in Dagenham

The V1 had landed at the bottom of the gardens on the other side of the road and the explosion had blown...