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A wartime childhood

What did you do in the war Daddy ? (part 1)

However, I was soon accepted at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School in Sutton Coldfield, where the Senior...

A Wee Lad's Memory of Wartime Selkirk

The earliest memories I have of the War are probably lying in bed, hearing bombers going over to bomb the...

EAST ACTON: EVACUATION TO LLANELLI, SOUTH WALES 1940/41

I think this was the first time that we went to Wales. We were going to Mum's sister, Aunty Elsie, who...

Issued One Baby Helmet

Gran was Catherine Connolly, born Macnamara and she lived in the pragmatically named Waterworks Road in...

Misplaced account

Her next door neighbour, Marjorie had seen Maureen as we were being led to the School. I really regret not...

The Northend 'Vacs'

There, in the care of kindly Mr and Mrs Stonehouse and their six children, Ronald and Billy were to spend...

His Name Was John Dancey

There had been fierce raids on all airfields, Tangmere and Biggin Hill, many dead, out of action Manston...

The Coventry Air Raids

We fled down to the shelter, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett came across, and everybody in the gardens, Mrs. Kelsey,...

Boyhood wartime memories of the 'Black Tom' area of Bedford

And all Park Avenue there were Bren gun carriers all under the trees and trucks so we used to go down us...

Evactuated and found my way back home

I'd get up, do my chores, which were things like feeding the chickens, collecting the eggs or my...

Trench Drills and knitting Pixie-hats - Jeanne Jennings

Neither of these places were greatly affected by bombing until the Doodle-bugs started and Ricky was just...

In Memory of my Fiance and Best Friend

I looked at Peter, my best friends face, so often serious but now even more full of concern. One day...

peanuts war memories

My Uncle Dick came on leave from the army direct from being evacuated from Dunkirk, asked how he had...

Schoolboy in North London

Here we enjoyed healthy dinners augmented by fresh vegetables grown in the garden by the sisters &...

What Did You Do In The War Grandma?

One such horse was used to deliver milk to a seafront cafeteria which required the rounds girl to lug the...

World War 2 - A boy's Story (Part 1)

My oldest sister was then a pupil at Dover Grammar School and the school had a scheme to provide blankets...

Bill's War

My Dad, who was a deputy at Wheldale Colliery was fed up with this so he called into Wheldale Colliery...

Inspecting Bomb damage

In summer 1940, I got a job with a local Architect in Welwyn Garden City, whom I shall call Paul. I was...

A newly-wed in Wartime Yorkshire - Part One

But it had turrets because it was old, so you can imagine when aeroplanes, Jerry aeroplanes came up they...

Part 3 - Early War Memories

Kathleen and Bob had gone to the Bluecoat School and had been able to go because of the family connection...

Who is Daddy?

Now we were spick and span, she told us to sit on the laundry basket, which was opposite the door that led...

My days in the WLA, 1942 - 1945 Part 1

Walking out uniform consisted of a felt pork pie hat in khaki with a badge on the front, a cream coloured...

THE GRATEFUL EVACUEE - Thank you Mr Hitler!

During that first year a Blenheim bomber made a forced landing in the field at the back of Upper Barn and...

Wartime Memories

A lot of families did this with their children but two weeks before I was due to sail the Germans bombed a...

My multiple evacuations from London

It soon became apparent that Hitler had his spies working overtime, for I had hardly returned to my home...