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An eventful visit to Roman Wood in 1940

Uncle had a contract to supply charcoal for gas masks, so we were told, and he had obtained the services of...

Eileen's War

Dad took us all by bus to the Elephant and Castle tube - the tube went to Waterloo where we would board...

Recollections of Cadena Caf脙漏 and Oxford

By VE day I was an apprentice baker and confectioner at the Cadena Caf茅 in Cornmarket....

SOME WARTIME MEMORIES

My sister Ruth and her husband, Wrig, had kindly taken me on holiday to the Aunt and Uncle who had lived in...

Michael Blackler's Memories of the Home Front in Oxford

Name Michael Blackler Interview Date 8th June 2005 Subjects covered Blackout, Entertainment, Location...

Wounded by Friendly Fire

However, we managed to climb in and reached South Nutfield Village Hall. My Brother dug out the bomb crater...

V2 casualty

In the late spring of 1945 my primary school 'All Saints' which was situated in Blackheath near...

My Families Memories of World War Two

Haslingden is 18 miles north of Manchester and my Aunty Stella could often see the city blazing after the...

Reminiscences of War Time

We were sent photographs of our American family posing outside their substantial home, and riding in their...

Kathleen Horseman's War Memories

The factory was positioned in the fight path of German bombers travelling to bomb Hatfield. There was a...

My Mother:The role of a Police Officer's Wife

The position of a police officer's wife resulted in Mother having to act as an unpaid employee in the...

Souvenirs

All us boys rushed home, borrowed our dad's pliers and spent the rest of the evening cutting the wires...

When Excitement Became Fear

Following the London Blitz in September 1940 we obtained the use of a house in Dorking, where we had...

school days in london and south wales

We were taken to Paddington station, then travelled by GWR train through to Llanwern, near Newport,...

Two little Evacuees

My sister, Betty, two years younger than myself should have been bridesmaids at our cousins wedding on 9...

Auntie鈥檚 Little Helper

I had been evacuated to several places already, home again and then re-evacuated to Harwell near Banbury in...

Memories of Happy Times and a Kind Family

So it was, that the long train journey began - long in time since with hold ups etc. it took nearly all...

The Day War Broke Out

We were staying with relatives of my mother - Uncle Sam and Aunt Nell who had a small-holding with pigs and...

1)Bananas, 2)Chewing Gum, 3) Train, 4) Fur Coat, 5) Orphanage, 6) Cellar Bomb & 7) USA Bomber.

1Bananas, 2Chewing Gum, 3 Train, 4 Fur Coat, 5 Orphanage, 6 Cellar Bomb & 7 USA Bomber. All of Dorset...

My brother was born on V.E. Day

19 December 1944, my birthday, I had been ill and mum treat me to a concert at the Empire at Goldthorpe and...

Pamela Greenwood's Memories of the Home Front in Oxford

Name Pamela Greenwood Interview Date 7th June 2005 Subjects covered Blackout, Childhood, Evacuees. I was...

The First Bevin Boy from Hertfordshire.

Anyway unknown to grandad he did the change without putting the electric off and was told at the end os his...

ORANGES AND DOODLE BUGS

NOW WHY DID I MENTION ORANGES, BECAUSE WHEN THE WAR ENDED AND WE HAD STREET PARTIES TO CELEBRATE AND GIVE...

Memories of the Second World War

In our garden in Barnet we had an Anderson shelter, a semi-circular construction, cold and damp inside with...

Our Nextdoor Neighbour Worked for Hitler

It subsequently came to light that The Old Mill in Bexley was a British secret munitions factory and Mr....

Memories of Wendy R.M.Usher-Bacon nee George

Fortunately or unfortunately the Canadian Army came to Miss Johnson's meadows at the back of our house...