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My War: An Orphan's Life in London

I was 10 when war broke out and was actually a boarder in Alexander Orphanage which was situated near...

My world war 2 story: A Child in Nottingham

When I got to them, I heard my mother say "Poor thing, she's wet herself with fright". Another...

Memories of bombing raids: Liverpool Blitz

During air-raids, if he was playing out with his older brother, John, the warden would pop them down the...

Ronald Tolson Schofield-Bomb attack on Dewsbury

I left school and was advised to go to night school, which was Eastborough School, Leeds Road, Dewsbury......

Fresh Raspberries and Cream

The pupils of St St James Church School in Derby were evacuated to Chellaston - three miles away... Our...

Childhood in Calcutta India

The Japanese bombed the city every night at that time as it was an important city and capital of the...

Evacuation to the Country

I travelled with two cousins and a girl cousin and I were put together when we arrived and the boy went to...

D-Day Remembered

I was then a pupil at South County Junior School, West Bridgford, Nottingham. On 6 June 1944, the...

June Martins Memories of a Belfast Childhood during WW2(Public Transport and Holidays)

As a family we holidayed in Portrush and went for a number of picnics to the seaside at Bangor, Donaghadee...

Where's My Daddy Gone?

My mother kept me aware of his presence in the family by frequently showing me a photo of 'my...

From Binley to Burton Hastings

I was an only child, and went alone to Shelford Farm at Burton Hastings- although some children went as far...

D-Day in Leicester

I walked several times the six miles to Stoughton aerodrome to watch the huge gliders being towed up and...

My Wartime Childhood in Gt. Barford.

Great Barford, spme windows were broken and a ceiling came down... They were based ar Colesden and wore POW...

Childhood Memories (J.Errington)

Today's children are told not to talk to strangers but in those days children were told not to touch...

Ill Met By Moonlight

If we were out at night together, my friends and I would play follow-my-leader by jumping over the light...

Bemerton Boy

There was an ack ack gun and searchlights on the cricket field and the little building that was built as...

Living as a child at Headley Hall Farm

John lived at Headley Hall Farm as a child. John recalls memories of his father George, who worked on the...

Learning my Seven Times Table

The children were trying to learn the 7 times table and I seemed to get stuck on 7 x 7. The witch鈥�...

My First Cup of Tea

I tasted my first cup of tea at the age of 12 out of a cracked white and blue enamel mug passed...

Doodle Bug

As lads, we played football in our local park, Collingwood Road, the home of Sutton United. Sutton had many...

1939 Evacuation

I was given a tin of corn beef, a packet of biscuits and crackers... I was put in the back of a...

War time Memories

I was at Portway school, lessons would be stopped to go out and cheer on soldiers on the Portway because...

My Wartime Experience in Mitcham, London

I remember the first exploding burning bombs falling in the recreation ground in northborough Road, a real...

The night bombs fell

They hid under the stiars for w while ands then Ken crept back to his bed because his feet were ice cold......

Lord Haw Haw Says "Sorry"

It was just after 8pm on the evening of Feb 13 1941.....the wireless was playing "I!ll Walk beside...

Elizabeth and Albert Findlow's Story

The story was typed and entered on to the site by a CSV volunteer with kind permission of Elizabeth and...