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An incendiary bomb had gone through into our kitchen and landed on the copper boiler used to heat the water...
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These were sent to children in London... When we returned to London, the public library was open but we...
In the early 30’s my mum, my dad and his sisters’ and their husbands moved to London from Eire....
In the attic other than me and my two daughters was a little boy and girl from Liverpool... As soon as I...
I was six years old when WW2 began and lived in a semi- detached bungalow between Dartford and Crayford,...
My mum made me an apron out of my dad's old shirt and one day I answered the door and it was...
Jack then went on to describe the time Winston Churchill asked for help from the Americans... Jack believes...
At nearby Gosfield airfield, lorries delivered bombs collected from Halstead Station and gliders were...
Mr. Allen was soon to become my first teacher at the Junior Mixed School. When we bade goodbye to Miss...
In 1939 I remember standing at Leeds railway station with my two sisters and my mother and lots of other...
As the vehicles pass, the boys enjoy showing off their greater knowledge of the various military hardware...
Although the evacuee organisation relieved the pressure on the health authorities' welfare officers in...
Fortunately I went to stay at my Granny Norfolk's cottage in Helhoughton with my twin brother, mother...
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