It seemed that Frank had gone into the bedroom to find his photograph replaced by one of Bing Crosby; in...
We came back to London early in 1940 because we thought the war would soon be over, but in May 1940 my...
Early on, when I was on holiday from school in Taunton, my guardian Uncle Arthur had arranged for me to...
I was about three at the time and my Granny, Mrs. Harper, used to take me to see the balloon and chat...
I was in the land army then, when that happened, working with Germans... Alfred was a Polish Jew, that had...
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No bombs dropped on Bexhill that I recall but the message nevertheless got home to Mum and Dad that their...
Wartime memories of a Policeman in Bedford Part One - Policing in Bedford 1939-1942....
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And the Loxley Road there was no traffic on it, well there was a few Blake's lorries taking the milk...
When the Germans started bombing London we received another telegram from my father which said 鈥淐OME...
I went by bus to the Cedars at Leighton Buzzard, Eastern National buses, they were not very frequent... The...
Arriving at the foyer, we were advised to make our way downstairs to the basement restaurant 鈥 to our...
On 7th September 1942 I started work with the Post Office at Paignton office as a boy messenger, partly due...
After the tea meal was finished Dorothy gave Francis the screwed up piece of paper Frankie had brought...
In there, Mic bought himself a fiddle, Nic got a flute, Dic a trumpet, and Ric bought a lovely set of shiny...
All my uncles were in the army, but my friends seemed to join the Navy crowd in Derry. The stream was...
Lord Haw Haw had often said that the Germans would bomb Cullen Viaduct, so we thought that was it... Five...
John and I with Dad were to travel home in style in the back of an open coal lorry specially cleaned up...
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Dad was sent to Aldenham for convalescence after having Rheumatic fever, Mum and Uncle Fred went to visit...
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