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Maureen Smith's War

I was 6 when the war began and living with mum, dad and my brother in Southport. My dad was the manager...

Onions and the Unexploded Bomb

Onions and the Unexploded Bomb...

A Summer Doodlebug

With my Father away in the Army in Egypt throughout the War our small family — mother, grandmother...

My name is Mary Connor

We were wearily trudging along the road when along came a couple of big country men when the adults...

My special Dad (one of the many who came home to tell their story)

My Dad, GEORGE EDWARD HODGSON was in the Army and I believe his number was 1653513... One story my Dad told...

Remembering Other People's Hell (2)

Milk was delivered to us on a milk cart in large churns poured into ones own jug at the door. Christmases...

Memories of WW2 from around 1942

During the war years I lived in Radcliffe Square, Radcliffe Gardens, Philbeech Gardens in Earl's Court,...

1940: conscripted into the ATS

From Honiton station we had to march through the town, we girls in our "civis", some of the girls...

We played spin the plate

When the firebomb was dropped the Germans were trying to bomb the chemical works near us as the Germans had...

London Welsh Evacuee

In l939 only the London County Council evacuated children officially but as Wembley was in Middlesex we...

This is my Story, This is My Song

My eldest brother, Arthur Knight, was in the Azores and then through nightmares we found out that he was...

Girl's school evacuated to Petersfield

Girl's school evacuated to Petersfield...

School Evacuation

On the day that we arrived, we were taken to … by train to Wrexham and then from Wrexham by bus to...

Small Boys and "Fireworks"

Such as the U.S. Army who were up in the Weston Woods, and we also had the defences going out there to...

Evacuation

After a serious German bombing raid on Edinburgh, when I believe they were after the Forth Bridge and some...

Living through the Manchester Blitz

My brother, an ARP messenger, drove the family car between ARP posts... After several days, temporary...

Are we still in England?

We had a Relay Radio which was very useful because they would announce when there was going to be a air...

War Time Memories

After school on one evening as I was walking down across the fields we heard a plane, it was a German...

Memories of the years 1939-1945

We were looked after, when my mum worked by a Miss Jane Sears who lived with the Rodways, in Angus Gardens....

evacuation

My childhood in war time Sicily

The Germans not only occupied the village, but also the large castle, which overlooked the village and the...

A different kind of evacuation

We were there until just after Christmas 1940 when we were sent on to South Africa on the Empress of Canada...

Childhood in Bradford, 1940

A few weeks later on September 19th there was an article in the local newspaper 'The Yorkshire...

An Evacuee's Story

Mum was given all the off cuts and she had an outfit made out of all these off cuts and one of...

Memories of School.

In History we learnt about the Greeks and Romans and had to draw the 3 types of Roman columns —...

Evacuation

We always met the nun from our school, Sister Mary Joseph and she always smiled and said "Good...