Maggie's War鈥 Margaret Louise King....
At morning assembly prayers and hymns appropriate prayers and hymns were used and as the war progressed the...
The 鈥榝lea pit鈥 as it was known had 4d penny planks for seats ranging up to the...
a doole bug...
A couple of days before going home I vividly remember a German bomber being chased out to sea by British...
Not long after, my father received a telephone call asking him to go to Martins' Farm at the Sands, a...
Some kind English person had left tickets for a concert at Royal Albert Hall at the officer's club on...
My Mummy was claustrophobic and wouldn't be separated from me and wouldn't go into the Anderson...
Gladys grew up in an orphanage at Clacton-on-Sea. Whilst living in Tottenham Gladys went to work as an...
Because Birmingham was one of the places to get badly bombed I was sent to live with my Grand-Parents in...
An evacuee from Liverpool 鈥淥h, yes, we had labels and I had to be with my brother, you see, that was...
At the time my father was the Minister of the Church and became a firewatcher in the town, which he did on...
Towards the end of the war my mother and my sister went to the end of Clarence Road Bognor Regis to watch...
My cousin came and he asked what we were doing in the Anderson shelter; I said we're sheltering from...
After the war, uncle Don met and married Auntie Francis and they were extremely happy for may years until...
My mother was a German Jew and so too was my Grandad... As German Jews we had a number, mine was JGOK15959,...
About 11.35 am on 31st December 1940 whilst trying to ice skate and play around on a frozen pond near...
At the end of the week we would get our books and sixpence to spend on sweets at Parkers shop which was...
On Hitler's birthday, the teachers and pupils used to sing "Unhappy Birthday" to him. My mother...
My Dad was running a taxi business and was given the contract for driving the 'stars' to the shows...
The following is an excerpt from a group reminiscence session held at Ashford Library on 3/11/05. Memories...
When I first got accepted as a land girl I used to have to cycle everyday to Edwalton for 7am for milking....
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