´óÏó´«Ã½

Explore the ´óÏó´«Ã½
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

15 October 2014
WW2 - People's War

´óÏó´«Ã½ Homepage
´óÏó´«Ã½ History
WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site

Contact Us

You are browsing in:

Archive List > Childhood and Evacuation

Stories categorised in 'Childhood and Evacuation'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

More stories

Got Any Gum, Chum?

One evening in particular I remember, we had knock on the door during a blackout; there were loads of RAF...

Child to Soldier

Also evacuated to the village were schools from Southampton and London, I went in with the Southampton kids...

My Childhood at Whipsnade Zoo

I was eleven years old when war broke out; my father was a resident engineer at Whipsnade Zoo and as a...

Joyce's Life in Southway

During my training I worked in Plymouth City Councils Childrens’ Residential Home at Queens Gate,...

Photo Gallery
Childhood and Evacuation Photo Gallerylink to gallery

Photos that were contributed with stories in this category.

icon for Story with photoStory with photo

A Journey through Childhood

Mum used to tell me about her 2ozs of tea — the quota of one adult per week. I remember mum grumbling...

Whirlwind from Somerset

Even before the Battle of Britain began we boys were aware that a new and faster fighter named the...

The 'Bug' on a Mission

Flying mainly at 1,500 feet to beat the gunfire, many 'bugs' were directed to overfly Redhill, then...

A Child's War -Part 7

An unusual and true story of a young boy who with his mother became a prisoner of both the Germans and the...

Wartime Memories of Semilongicon for Story with photo

Living at 85 Semilong Road, we had an extremely long garden, with a greenhouse, and a father who loved...

Back Home in Chingford

The German airmen used to throw out strips of tape which looked like the video tape we use today, it was...

"As Seen Through the Eyes of a Child" in Glasgowicon for Story with photo

Dad was in the army and mum worked shifts in the bus garage at Knightswood. My four brothers and I sleeping...

The London Blitz: Somers Town

Early Signs and First Departure

Back home again in West Hull, where I lived with my mother and grandfather, they were building ugly...

The Day War Broke Out: A Schoolgirl in Birmingham

I moved into another world of a semi-detached home with a lovely red brick fireplace with gleaming brasses,...

What I do remember.

One day I was in a country lane with a frend when a car came a long,I think he was free wheeling...

The Day War Broke Out

You went out and played in the streets, when I was brought up in the Duke Crescent area, which was a fairly...

A Child's War -Part 20

Apart from the paid passage aboard the Nankin, we had travelled about 20,000 miles across the Southern...

Banging in the Night

Both Caterham and Kenley held legitimate war targets for bombers, but as always civilian property round...

Memories of a Young Child During and After the War

Once I reached home, which happened to by a Monday, my Mum and Granny stripped me off and actually put me...

A Child’s Memories of World War 2: In Harrow

While on his rescue duties, he would sometimes find an unexploded shell, or incendiary bomb, which had to...

Wartime Memories of Semilong

Living at 85 Semilong Road, we had an extremely long garden, with a greenhouse, and a father who loved...

Gloria's Story

My father picked a pram from across the road, rolled my mum in a blanket and put both her and the baby...

Colin's Evacuation Experiencesicon for Story with photo

After eight weeks, when the bombing was less severe, my mother and I returned home to find that whilst we...

The Evacuee -Part 2icon for Story with photo

One day as we were walking home from school we stopped to look at one of the front gardens,we had not seen...

Redcliffe Raids and Scarlet Fever

During that night the raid went on till midnight and my mother's sister lived in Bedminster and she...

Away from Home - an Evacuee's Story: Part two

My friend Brenda and I decided to push our mattresses together, put one blanket to cover the mattresses and...

Explore the archive
Browse the full archive list

Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the ´óÏó´«Ã½. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced.



About the ´óÏó´«Ã½ | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy
Ìý