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WE ARE SURVIVORS (FOR THOSE BORN BEFORE 1940)

We were born before TV, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Zerox, contact lenses, videos and the pill....

White Feathers

My grandfather retired and I started school and still my time was spent together with him in the...

Keeping my head during Bombing of Exeter 3/4 May 1942

Exeter was a city that did not expect to be bombed, but probably in retaliation for bombing of similar...

Pay Office and Codings

The Duke of Connaught was laid to rest at Frogmore, Windsor Great Park. Mother was asked to move the Pay...

Bedford Childhood memories

We had two evacuees a brother and sister but we couldn't keep them, as Mum got pregnant. An ATS girl...

A WW2 Civiian Story

In David's London home, they had a bomb shelter in the garden. When London had been bombed, David's...

A London Evacuee

When WW2 started I was just turned 12, my sister was 6, and we lived with our Mother and policeman Father...

Instructions for London Evacuees

Suggested contents: Packet of milk biscuits or similar Several small cheeses Packet of sweet biscuits Two...

Evacuation 1939

We gathered at the train station, me and our Nell, with our little suitcases and on to the train... Our...

Memories of a Very Young Child in the War in Pinner

We moved there at the end of 1941 and, during the previous 18 months, Mum, Nanna, Tony and my cousin...

Peggy Keeble

Because I lived near the factory, I mostly went home for lunch, or used my 3p a day dinner money to go...

A young boy in WW2

I remember when the war started and everybody saying it would all be over in six months.The sirens used...

Childhood memories of moving around during the war

The bombing worsened and my Mum took us and her sister and brother's children to Wiltshire. The bomb...

A Farmer's View of Bombing Raids

Chyngton Farm, Seaford was the family farm since 1921 where I lived with my father William and mother,...

My Childhood War Experiences

My most vivid memory of the war was during the night of 5th August, 1941; we were all in bed and before...

Norwood Green - Before and During War

You could go through the lane off the green to Osterley Park, which was another lovely open area, with the...

What My Daddy Did In the War

The Luton New local agent, Mr Bell, asked me to record a wedding at the parish church, which I did as their...

Teenagers War Memories

Another way to build up our stores of metal was to be out early in the morning after heavy German air...

Mickey Mouse Years

It was during the war that I spent six years of my childhood years in a small hospital called The...

War Memories

It was in 1940 that my sister and i were sent,on holiday!to my aunt returned to take a job in the bank...

Rita's Wartime Tale as a Land Army Girl Part 2

Once the girls were in the field one sunny afternoon shucking corn when one of the girls who came...

Knitting For Victory.

There was the school hall with the stage, with real theatre curtains and stage lighting, the well equipped...

Discovering an Uncle

"Well, you cheeky,young imp, I am your Uncle Tom, Your Dad's brother... Explanations over, Uncle...

Food shortages in Guernsey as seen by a toddler.

I was sent to play with some bigger children who made me walk on narrow walk-ways between dark brown liquid...

UNDAUNTED BY THE BOMBS

There was an air raid on and a bomb was dropped on Maples in Tottenham Court Road, close to the hospital....

Cycling around Bradford

All the time I was cycling I had this great wish that I wanted to see the sea, but as you may...