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Flying Car

In 1941 I was travelling in my father's car which was a black Austin 10 with my mother and father and...

Living amongst Prisoners of War in Somerset

When they bombed Bristol at that time we could see from Bridgewater the sky light up orange... Very few...

First air raid on Edinburgh

One of the bombers was chased over Edinburgh and Portobello by two spitfires, which opened fire and the...

Hid in a Cupboard while Bombs Fell on Aberdeen

The night of the bombs, we hid in a cupboard in our house in Hilton Place....

Turnips For Breakfast And A spoiled Slab Cake.

I remember one day when the baker's van was delivering next door and in the back was a big slab cake......

Worn-out Pram Wheels

The family home was in Lobley Hill so it meant Mam had to push me in my pram from Lobley Hill to...

Just another day during the blitz

I was nearly 4 years old when ww2 broke out and living in Lydford Road in Paddington W9. one day during...

Wartime in Wivelsfield Green

0 for which we each received a receipt from the Red Cross and a personal letter from Winston Chuchill's...

And so, away again.

At the start of the war in September 1939, I lived in Penhale Road, Portsmouth and went to the infant...

doodlebug and barrage balloon

doodlebug and barrage balloon...

My childhood memories and how my father helped the war effort

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden and Grandmother had one next door, with entry by a trap door....

Memories of gas masks and chocolate

The salvage van used to come with 3 women on every fortnight, Grandma sent some jam jars washed and...

Barnstaple Pannier Market

My principal memories of it were of poultry laid out on the lids of the huge hampers which, covered with...

A VERY VIVID EVENT FOR ME FROM WORLD WAR TWO IN EUROPE By David Ray

We were living in a new house on the outskirts of St Albans and I remember the garden most clearly around...

Destination Unknown

She was a talented musician and well-educated and her mother had sold up everything to pay for Herta's...

Childhood memories of the war

I was chosen to represent the school and give a speech about National Savings from the Town Hall balcony......

Walkeringham at War

In the summer of 1940 soldiers from the Royal West Kent Reg't were billeted in the church hall, the...

Beryl Dean, May Dean, and the Outbreak of War

I was a Big Girls’ Guide in Aldingbourne, Sussex....

Memories of my early childhood in Rowley Hill Street.

I can also remember seeing all the flags out of the windows in Rowley Hill Street, St Johns and also a big...

Scarmbled to Safety

I found that the ceilings in my house had come down on both floors, the back door was in the front window,...

Evacuated in WW2

I was evacuated from Dagenham in Essex to Woodbridge in Suffolk when I was 9 years old. My brother 10,...

V E Day Memories of A 'Country Woman'

Many different soldiers were stationed in the village; Free French, Poles, the Royal Signals, the 4th...

General De Gaulle’s visit

It was about this time that I was asked to compile a map of Birmingham, using some ordinance survey...

No Mod Cons

On the 21st July 1940 I was evacuated from Hastings with my 6 year old brother to Aston in Hertfordshire. I...

Sea,sun and morse code

The older of the two was in the army and eventually by the end of the war had become a captain, whilst...

A Young Belfast Evacuee

The babies had big ones called ‘Mickey Mouse’ and they were like a cot. One morning when we got...