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The Wartime Memories of Alan Hakim....
Those who know of the invaluable work still undertaken by the Childrens’ Holiday Home at Dodford may...
On 1 September 1939, two days before Britain declared war on Germany and the Second World War began, I was...
Came the day when Mum and Dad brought baby Sheila down to Tavistock to see us, and although they had no...
We were lucky, our house was never bombed but there were houses further down the street which were hit and...
My next brother, Jack, was a trained machinist, so he was put in charge of a mainly female workforce at a...
The town itself was dominated by the superb Bangor University building, high up on the hill overlooking the...
Apart from that, I always remember that terrible train accident at the railway bridge going over Oak Lane...
We collected the metal parts of the incendiary bombs and sold them on the milk round 1/- each for the...
Because John's death was seriously affecting her health, my father persuaded my mother to visit her...
On the train, someone, who I presume now to have been an adult helper, said, as we steamed along,...
The Policeman stationed in Halton on Lune came down our road each night and used to shout at mum if there...
We also put on a 'Christmas Carol' - I played Tiny Tim and a more miscast Tiny Tim you can never...
There was a celebrity visit to Betty's school from the then eminent playwright and author Emlyn...
Came the day when Mum and Dad brought baby Sheila down to Tavistock to see us, and although they had no...
I was due to join a new school – the Liverpool Institute – but we were told that the school was...
In Annie Barr's lodging house there was George Gallagher who had a handcart and he brought suitcases of...
My parents friends had taken over a relatives house. There was Charles, Alice, Shirley was tall with fair...
Two days later Dad came home with the news that if war broke out the Port-of-Hull would cease to be a...
As the war progressed a lot of people I knew were joining up and a girlfriend and I decided to become VADs....
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