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Interview with Gertrude St Pierre

At least I came out of the land army somewhat more worldly wise, and bigger following the hefty meals we...

Bombed kitten

My journey on the bus from Castle Square through Kemp Town soon revealed the severity of the raid in which...

A Child's Memory

She had a brother in France and several cousins in the fighting, including one who sadly died on the Burma...

Random memories of a wartime childhood

Soon after that my Granny decided to go to Devon, to the village of Drewsteignton, on Dartmoor... We stayed...

Memories of the Blitz in Belfast

During the blitz on Belfast in 1941, I was evacuated to Newry at age of thirteen. It was Larry Buster Crab...

OH WHAT A LOVELY WAR I HAD! Part 2

At first Mum and Dad got involved with the ARP... Dad eventually joined the RAF as a fitter, and Mum and I...

My War in Leicester and Old Dalby.

Our choice was either the Armed Forces, the Land Army, a munitions factory, or the Ordnance Depot in Old...

(A6267125) At School in WW2 (1941-1945)

For tea we had jelly then fish paste sandwiches followed by a birthday cake contrived from carrots and a...

An evacuee's memories

My bus was number 7 and gong to Hayton, a small village this side of Carlisle. Miss Slack was very kind to...

Evacuation, housing, bombs and rations. Part one: Evacuation.

We were to travel by train to a place called Portdunorvic in Wales, along with my grandmother, my...

Kindnesses to troops - both friendly & hostile

As there was no collection of milk or eggs from the farm a lot of the soldiers came in with bottles to...

Childhood Memories of World War II by Ronald Apps

I remember him driving out one evening, and us looking out of the car's back windows, and across the...

Memories of a Wartime Childhood

I was born in one of a row of cottages built in front of what was known as The Steam Laundry on...

The Aftermath of WW2

My sister Carol was evacuated to her granny's at the age of 18 months in 1940 from London to the remote...

War Time Stories from Clive Street, Cardiff

I ran into the playground, looked up and just skimming the school roof was a German airplane, with total...

The underground shelter on the Downs

On the morning of the day in question there was consternation amongst the staff when it was discovered that...

Wartime Memories of a Child

Later in the war when the evacuees had returned to Hull the bombing having slowed down , both my father,...

The Germans evict a family from their house in Guernsey

As it happens we had a bit longer, not much longer, so he did get the keys, and so the next day...

My Memories as an Evacuee

My brother was sent to a farm in the area and my sister and I were kept together, probably because I was...

Some Childhood War Memories

One morning he returned about 6am after an overnight duty, and told us that on his way home he had heard...

A boy in wartime Worcester

Childhood Wartime Memories

The Girl's Headmistress was a stern lady who didn't believe in fraternisation. When the sirens went...

A Lost Childhood

Names in Story: Doreen Mary Brigden, Mr. & Mrs. Pledge, Evelyn Rose Idedlycheney, Winifred & Ernest...

Worried about mum - and where will we sleep?

We all attended St. John's School, at the top of St. John's Road. My younger brother would normally...

Evacuees

The people of Grainthorpe Village had never been subjected to an air raid and because of the farms in and...

Life On An American Airbase

There was a lighter side of life on the base such as the day Stanley swore to give up alcohol after seeing...