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My War Days in Gilfach

Children wore white patches on their clothes for vehicles to see them. I met him at the YMCA at Gilfach....

Inside the programme - Behold the Dawn

Act III Scene I ….. Behold the Dawn Sticky paper to make a window The front of the programme —...

"THE DAY THE BOMB DROPPED ON IRONBRIDGE"

One Saturday morning we were in Ironbridge on our delivery round when a German Bomber flew over quite low,...

A bomb fest

There was a lot of bombing in our area, and this was because the Germans wanted to destroy the reservoir in...

Asked to take Billets

After the war broke out Derry filled up with hundreds, no thousands of servicemen - there were more...

My Life

The food wasn't too bad to start off with, but after two years I joined the army. The food wasn't...

The bravest man...

Donald D was one who stuck to his belief that man should not take up arms against man... Donald and his...

Jean Farmer's war memories

I lived on Harwood Street, and I remember the Arnold Laver wood yard going up in flames. My youngest...

What Did Happen At Shingle Street?

I recently visited Parham Airfield where there is a museum for the Secret Army, and during a conversation...

A Child's Eye View of those First Few Days

My home was the village of Eastry, between Sandwich and Dover, so we were in the front line for seeing...

Memories of Bristol

The Maritime Ack Ack were based around Thornbury. The break down lorry driver who attended the accident...

The Great And The Glamorous Captain Matt O'Neill!

I distinctly remember when Captain Matt O'Neill came through our kitchen door one day while on leave....

A Childs War

Some people took in evacuees from London who were avoiding the bombings, kids would arrive at the station...

Evacuated From South London To Kent

Ours was eventually Rose Cottage on Overy Farm with our foster parents and heir daughters, Irene and...

Factories and Flagpoles

My father worked at the blind factory in Tottenham Court Road in London... We had other evacuees staying...

The Bombing of the National School

As the Luftwaffe flew over, machine guns blazing, me, my brother and my ten year old sister sat in the...

BOYS BADLY TREATED IN VILLAGE

I lived in Rutland in the village of Whissendine and was an only child....

Tricycle

The present I got for my birthday was this shiny brand spanking new tricycle... My old auntie who I was...

Good deed for the day

Thgis story was told to me by David Utting of Lowestoft, Suffolk. After that the door was locked and after...

Children’s Library Service during the War — St Anne’s Library, Tottenham

Apparently taken from a wartime diary, also as yet unfound, of Olive Butcher nee Markley. Olive made a...

Special Parts

There was one bomb in Bridgnorth. They started up by the Church and in my Gran's garden there was an...

Mashed Potato Sandwiches

We only ever had chicken at Christmas, it was really special a bit like turkey is today. Thinking about...

evacuee camp

Taking refuge

After enduring that terrible Saturday when the Germans bombed the docks in East London day and night and...

Wartime Memories by Diana Taylor (nee Driver)

My husband, Vic Taylor, was a SAPPA in the Royal Engineers in Burma. He had a bad time, he didn't talk...

Christine Carter's Memories of the Home Front in Oxford

Name Christine Carter Interview Date 7th July 2005 Subjects covered Entertainment, V.E. Day, War Work...