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Memories of Parker, Pledger and Day

My brother George Percival Pledger was called up for the Militia. My husband Arthur Parker was sent out all...

MEMORIES OF AN EVACUEE

When we arrived at Ledbury, we were taken to a village nearby called Little Marcle, and had to assemble in...

Inside Out

3rd September 1939; I was seven years of age, and to be evacuated with my thirteen year old sister; Joan to...

Schoolboy memories of EA Street

The Headmaster was a Mr Parritt, he and the teachers were strict on discipline, but fair and took an...

My father - the ham fisted 'secret agent'!

The Angel had many famous clients before, during and after the war, including Gordon Richards the jockey,...

A Child's Memories of World War 2

We hardly ever slept in our beds — those early morning banging on the doors by the air raid wardens,...

My memories of the lost years: 1939-1945. Chapter 4

Mrs Harris and Christine shared one bed with Edna and me in the other bed. There was no water or...

Through The Eyes of a Child

Four young siblings were evacuated to Wales leaving me with mum and five grown up sisters, the two eldest...

Mr W. Ludgrove's Story

My wife and I were married in 1944 and did 7 months in Portsmouth retraining, then went back into the Royal...

My Teenage Years in Wartime

In July my mother had a letter from my father's sister in Doncaster, Yorkshire, for one of Mum's...

Black Market

Jim Libby’s Schoolboy Recollections : Part 2 - My Uncles in the Royal Navy.

While the Battle of the Atlantic was going on, we were worried as a distant cousin of ours, who we called...

Working on a small holding at Foxhall

A lot of what we grew was taken to the British Restaurant in St. Peter's Street... At St. John‘s...

Evacuated to Essex

And from there I was billeted with a lady who lived almost opposite Lord Ivers’ estate in one of the...

Evacuation to St. Erth, Cornwall

We were taken in by a Mr and Mrs Richards of Lower Porthcolumb Farm which was about two and a half miles...

Not One of Ours - A Flying Pencil

It was in a hamlet called Llanenddwyn, part of the village Dyffryn Ardudwy, which is midway between...

Blackburn Royal Infirmary

My friend and I both had bicyclesbut when we got our holidays we literally "got on our bikes" and...

"Getting Old"

Every saturday morning we used to walk from Teversal to Sutton to Sheppersons who'd got a swet shop in...

My Schoolgirl War Effort

We stayed in Irnham Hall, travelling to Grantham by train and continuing our journey on a tractor drawn...

Peace in our time

The night bombing kept us awake, and the Germans one night released a bomb over on Cockmarsh, also in a...

Mr Suter's Wartime Recollections

School was held in a church hall We moved from Beecham Rd. because while we were staying there the Dad and...

Memories from two local "girls"

My sister, being Miss Alice Lacey, myself, Miss Audrey Lacey lived at 38 Pound Lane, Epsom, Surrey... Our...

My First Memory of the War - and the Last

In the Blitz my Grandparents and Dad's sister were killed when they had a direct hit in Chelsea.Six...

Guarding Rudolph Hess

I went into the army in February 1940 and eventually after various POW camps I was sent down to a place...

From Gateshead to Willington: a reluctant evacuee

I am nine: my sister Margaret is thirteen months older than I. So here we are, hand in hand with our Dad,...

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