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WW2 Life

But in fact it's interesting, because I can remember that when the world war first started, the...

BOMBERS OVER BATH AND HIGHBRIDGE.

He was one of those 'guinea pigs'. Mum, my older sister, Daphne and I had remained in Worcester but...

War around the Austin - Part One

We had daylight raids on the Austin Motor Company as well, that was a Heinkel 111 which I remember well,...

From Pillar to Post - Wartime Evacuees

Meanwhile, my brother's wife, Helen was living in London with their baby Michael who was under a year...

Wartime memories as an evacuee

Having been evacuated from the North East between 1940 and 1944 with Jack and Elizabeth Finnegan, for many...

I Remember, I Remember... A Scottish Family's War

We were very lucky in our part of the world that we didn't experience the horrors of the...

Ghosts, lorries and a 'family outing'

Terry put the pram on the trailer and he sat in the trailer for a while and Stella sat on the spare...

The War in Germany - chapter 5

Dad was one of the few survivors and he was German and, of course, it was a German doodlebug. Dad was in...

poems

My granddad was a night watchman on Hull's King George Dock. After Granddad died, Grandma, two aunties...

My War - A Memoir by Monnica Stevens Part One

We were informed of the move to Bettws y Coed in North Wales and assembled in Central London and travelled...

A Family Evacuation Experiance

The cottage had two rooms and a kitchen and was at the foot of the drive to Waterside House where Sir...

Entertainment During The War, Part 2

Playing a part he had also played with D.E.P. as a butler, the sherry was served in brandy glasses, the...

Life in Wolverton

VE bombing started in London and an aunt and cousin came to stay so we had my parents, me and my husband,...

Being a Coventry Kid

Her dad,was originally a worker at the Armstrong Siddley car factory,based in Much Park Street in Coventry....

Childhood 1939—1945.

Dad, served with The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on the Somme in WW I and was too old for...

The Village Prepares for 3rd September 1939

The Bush Radio Company had engaged a well-known radio celebrity of the day, Christopher Stone, about who I...

An Evacuee

To children from London it was bliss. After a spell in London, when the bombing was continuous, my mother...

Back in London in time for the Blitz

I don't know what the food situation was in London, but where I was evacuated the first time they kept...

Teacher Training and teaching in Cambridge during the war years

I heard of a College in Cambridge, Homerton College that did specialise, they had their own Nursery. I had...

FROM SUBURBIA TO SOMERSET AND NO RETURN

AT THE OUTBREAK OF TH SECOND WORLD WAR I WAS LIVING WITH MY PARENTS, SISTER AND GRANDMOTHER IN A MODERN...

A teenager's war: A secret mission in Brighton

While Kathleen Reece continued to live as an official evacuee in Ledbury, her mother Ada and brother John...

A1072324 - Growing up in wartime

I pleaded with my parents to be allowed back home, and as there had been more air raid warnings in...

Memories of wartime Gosport

The Second World War was into its third year, my mother Violet, had been living in Portsmouth which was...

War Time Memories - Joan Corfield

We had a business in Bedford called Laxtons, they had a nursery for plants, apple trees, etc, on the corner...

THE WAR IN THE LIVING ROOM

When somebody realised that the train journeys were difficult and irregular Daddy was given extra supplies...

Welsh Adventure: Part Two

Herbie made a few bob out of this, the butcher would give him about half a crown for each carcass and he...