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The Hunger Winter

I was a teenager and lived in Arnhem in Holland and on the 10th May the Germans came into Holland and from...

Farmingwarfarming

Hitler and the massive German army were fighting to gain control of the whole of Europe... At times the...

Return to Accrington

At eleven months of age I left Accrington with my parents, Hilda and Jack Taylor, for a new life in Kent......

One family's wartime

After a week or two when the raids showed no signs of abating, my mother and my aunt together with two six...

Soldiers on Pendle Hill

We next moved to Bothey Cottage and I recall my brother Barry and I playing on a wood pile near the...

Memories of a Girl’s Home Life, Letchworth Garden City

How I envied the older girls who were sometimes taken by coach to Bassingbourn Camp and to the Corn...

My Farming Story

Hitler and the massive German army were fighting to gain control of the whole of Europe... At times the...

Schooldays after the war.

Carolyn was adopted by Chub's sister Hilda, and the family went to Australia on an assisted passage in...

Childhood Memories of the War (Exeter)

When the bombing finally ended I recall going to my mothers great aunt's house in Magdalen Road,...

Did this Happen?

We used to go scrumping for apples to eat and gather all sorts of things from the woods like sorrel leaves,...

A kid during the war

Bombing in London stopped for a while, so I went home! Returned from Wisbech - went to live in Petts Wood,...

Fireworks

As they sailed line astern across the grey army blanket spread on the dining room table, we heard in those...

Evacuation From Malaya - 1942

In November 1941, my father was transferred from Sarambin down to Singapore, and Dad being a Prison...

Kathleen Hilditch's Wartime Theatre Memories - Memories

These measured half a pint, one pint and a quart sizes so together with the clip-clip of the pony's...

My story from a scottish farm

Hitler and the massive German army were fighting to gain control of the whole of Europe... At times the...

Olaf Chapman Part Six

I wasn't there when Olaf arrived, but the children were there. It wasn't easy, but I was able to...

Blackouts and School Shelters

Lots of huts put up to house them on Nottingham Road next to the Catholic Church and we were allowed to go...

My First War

At first it had been an adventure,the excitement of being able to get out of bed in the middle of the...

Taking Shelter

My father's war as a diplomat and mine as an evacuee

We had a German maid in the Hague and when there were rumours of war my father asked her if she wanted...

Great Guys, G Is! - A Little Boy Reflects on Wartime Introductions to American Soldiers

We lived in Fulham, not far from Monty's headquarters in Hammersmith; with factories at the end of the...

Farmingwarfarming

Hitler and the massive German army were fighting to gain control of the whole of Europe... At times the...

A Boy’s Eye View

My father had returned from the Navy in the mid 30’s, but was called back into the Navy and posted to...

Reflections

The event was extremely well organised, the weather could not have been better, a real ‘summer...

Trixiepurples story

Throat lozenges instead of sweets

Small, dark throat lozenges called Negroids replaced sweets!.. The more ‘sophisticated’ girls...