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A Wartime childhood

He used to send presents from Canada, which were the envy of the children at school, and My American Aunts...

Fareham area memories Part 2

Toys for WWII children were a luxury — I can recall making wooden tanks WWI style for my kid brothers...

A Projectionist (part two)

A football match had been organised, the British against the Germans, we were there to cheer our boys. At...

A Remembered Childhood

Britain was at war, and war had come to a sleepy little village in Dumfriesshire, called Templand near...

A small child's war: Part 1

In February 1941 the Germans bombed the airfield and they shot down some RAF planes returning from raids......

My Story by Ralph & Carol Cooper - Part Two

I remember going into Ilford one day with my mum and the siren went off and we all had to lie down...

Bombing, a Spy and working in Old Market Bristol

Montague Hill was next to the city centre and because of this we experienced and suffered from the Bristol...

Grandad's Recollections of the War Years

I can't be certain but I think it was probably at this period that my Dad and a Mr.Pope began using the...

A Good Prospect

The south cost of England was beginning to look unsafe, and the government decided to send the London...

My Unusual Childhood 8-13

We had a lot of raids and many bombs of different kinds; incendiary, high explosive, oil bombs and...

Memories of working in a Reserved Occupation Part Two - 'Home Front' in Queen's Park, Bedford

They used to have dances at the Co-Partners Hall in Queen's Park but the best dances that I used to go...

Some of my Grandmother's Memories of World War II

One night Sunderland Railway Station was bombed, a truck standing in the station was blown through the roof...

A Wartime Child

When I had blown out my birthday candles, my mummy would lift up the cake tin and underneath was a small...

Dorothy Lumley — Memories of WW2

We were to stay with our Auntie Nell and her family; Uncle Charlie, Uncle Oz, Cousin Jim and cousin Bob. I...

When will I see you again

When I woke up the next morning I realised I was still in the bedroom, I started to cry again for my...

Memories of a Wartime Childhood

Janet and I were not very happy at being away from Hannah and Pat... Janet and I were taken off to the...

The Evacuee

Two Sides of the coin

One day we were on the train again, my mother and I. This time it was back to Bradford to stay with...

My Childhood Memory 1939-45

My Dad was a lorry driver for Stott's Motors in Higher Broughton during the day and an air-raide warden...

EAST ACTON: ANDERSON SHELTER, SUMMER 1939

So with me in the pram Mum would walk to Hammersmith. The pipes were almost certainly drainage from the...

The Women's Land Army

We arrived at Bedford station to be met by an army truck and the first thing we saw were lots of cycles...

War in Old Woodstock

We always gave a cheer when a lorry with a green flag went by as this signified the last vehicle.The former...

Interview with Mrs E Matthews - part 2

Eccles Old Road wound too much and then I would have got towards Monton instead of Patricroft, er it was...

Summer 1939 Onwards

Soon after that, my eldest brother Alec had cycled from our home in Buckhurst Hill to my Aunt and Uncles to...

The Wellington and Dungaree Brigade

I struggled through a month of trial service and was very much under threat of discharge from the Land Army...