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Childhood Memories

Josie was born in 1934, so has some childhood memories of the war. She moved to Hull at the age of three...

Going into Hospital

Children's hospitals, although separate, were organised on adult lines. Children who were upset were...

My Childhood Memories: Evacuated from Newcastle

When I was two I was evacuated from Newcastle with my Mother to a farm near Wigton in Northumberland....

Garden Bombing

In 1944 I was child of 11 years, on February 23 rd our family were all at home in Hampshire when the...

Brighton's War

Evacuees were posted to Brighton, my mother had two of the children. Planes coming to Brighton would drop...

January, 1944

He flung his arms around me and said "Hello son". Post script-the moustache had to go, Mam's...

I Was a Spy in the War - Aged 7 yrs

When I was seven years old we lived in a little village near Barnsley, in a semi-detached house next to a...

Morrison Shelter and More

I can remember the Morrison Shelter taking up all the dining kitchen, mum being very claustraphobic so it...

Singing for the Troops

My mother, brother Geraint, and I were evacuated from London to live with my aunt in Lampeter. when I was...

Saved By The Fridge

So my Dad unplugged the fridge and we all huddled together inside. Nobody could believe we had survived...

Evacuated as a Secondary School pupil:To Hereford

For schooling St Philip's shared the Hereford Grammar School buildings -mornings for the residents and...

School Life

My baby sister had to have one too but it had a pump to help her breathe through it. she hated it...

Delays for schools

Schools and teaching were a problem in the Byker - Walker of North East England where I lived... The...

Memories of Evacuation

I was just nine years old in June 1940, when my sister and I were evacuated to Stroud in Gloucestershire......

A Pair of Stockings

Until then my mother had worn lyle type stockings or dyed her legs ..... In forcing the stockings into the...

My first Recollection of WW2

I was born in April 1940 and my first recollection of WW2 was when I heard my father say, outside our...

Missing money

I was an evacuee and stayed with a family in Stroud and have one or two unpleasant memories including being...

Fairy Lights and Mickey Mouse

He remembers also when at school the children sang nursery rhymes in the shelter even when they wore their...

Christmas

So I was the postman and this was my Christmas present, and I went happily around the shelter, delivering...

Childhood Memories: In Hillingdon

WHEN I WAS 6YEARS OLD IN 1941, i was standing in the porch of our house no 14 glisson rd hillingdon...

Evacuees: In Sheffield

He was seeking accomodation for evacuees who had come from London and had nowhere to stay.There were...

Air Raid Shelter: In Thurrock

I can remember the Anderson shelter being delivered and placed at the bottom of the garden, remeber my dad...

Unexploded Bomb

As a young lad during WW2.I was always looking for souvenirs of the war.After a very heavy air raid the...

My Start To The War

I lived with my Grandmother, Emily Long and Parents, Bernard and Doris Goodall in Ebenezer Street for about...

Norfolk Childhood

I lived in Norfolk in a small village between Norwich and Yarmouth and we had an Anderson Shelter and every...

Unreported Bombing Raid

I heard a loud noise near Teddington lock, and saw a spiral of smoke, a stick of bombs across the lock, and...