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Wartime Salford

My father worked at J & M Philips in Canon St. He often brought friends home to eat their lunch and one...

A Regal performance

After we had seen both films, had the organist up twice and the air raid was still continuing, the Manager...

A wartime childhood in Aberdeen

Our church got a direct hit, Causewayend Church and even our school and the house I lived in, Canal Street,...

Childhood Memories

These soldiers tossed out their chocolate bars to many children. No bombs fell on Andover....

Evacuated to Cilgarren from Hythe

I went to St Leonards School in Hythe Kent. In February 1940 I was taken to Hythe Railway Station by my...

Friendship/Comradeship/Neighbourly

Three of the lads were: Jack came from Montrose in Scotland, Peter who was a painter and decorator and he...

Very early memories of a young child

My name is Pete Wisbey... During local VE day celebrations I was lowered into the cockpit of an Me109 on...

The Behaviour of a Bramley resident, or, "How I mooned at King George VI, and lived to tell the tale".

During the War King George VI and Queen Elizabeth spent much of their time at Windsor Castle, where their...

A Lucky Escape.

On August 12th 1942, a bomb fell on 16, Highwell Road, Seaton, Devon, killing John and May Eeles, two...

Growing up in Bridgnorth

I waas eight years old when the war started and living in Bridgnorth in Shropshire. We had black-out...

An odd theft

reminiscences & remembrance

It was a great treat to see the Lyons flag flying outside our local confectioner, as this meant he had some...

The Setting of the Sun

We were staying in Falmouth with a great uncle, First Class Petty Officer Kinsman as he once had been. One...

Father’s Foresight

The hole was deep underground with an old brass bedstead as a roof; he covered it with a rockery on top......

Longstone Local History Group - Herbert Bennett's war memories

Longstone was a village which sheltered evacuees and was comparatively unaffected by air attack, although...

US soldiers in the home

First there were the British and they were stationed at FortHill School... After the British left, the...

Davidstowe airfleid at war

When I was about 14, I was working for Condecoi at Davidstowe airfield. Last year, or the year before, a...

My Life In Castletown

My wife and I won third prize as Zulu Warriors partnered by Jean Fallons who was a Hawaiian Girl... The...

The Unbroken Eggs

I remember stuff in the front room being blown down, and I was so amazed to walk in the front room and...

War Memories - My part of history

In Blackpool there was a famous ice-cream factory called Pablos, it was down a long arty between Adelaide...

From Sale to the IOM - memories of growing up during the war

Grandmother declared that "the child must be moved" and we moved to the Isle of Man. My father who...

Interview with Robert Bantock

Robert was with his dad that night but didn't hear it... Robert was under the table tying shoelaces...

Childhood

Ilford was the most V1+V2 bombed place in London. Sometimes it was still hot. we also used to collect chaff...

A Child's Eye View

Mrs Callow introduced her son, and he very soon brought a long, round bag from which be produced the...

Teenagers in wartime

Girls had a similar group — GTC to learn nursing skills, Morse code, catering and how to help in an...

JUNKERS 88 CRASH IN NORTH DEVON

A Junkers 88 crashed into a field of marigolds at Upcott Farm, Beaford, North Devon, owned by gentleman...