We knew they were German bombers because they made a different sound. I was at Romsey School, then Central...
We, the Dodds family, that is mother, father and six children, including me are sitting in the kitchen of...
When the air raids on Coventry and Birmingham were in full swing, our area seemed to be in direct flight...
Up to 1941 our little Cornish village of Polruan had two schools, the girls school, which is now the main...
One night during the early part of the war an enemy plane dropped lots of incendiary bombs, and one went...
A funny story that I recall happened on the farm in Pant Glas: We'd go down to collect the eggs and...
My Grandad was living in Bournemouth and he was on an outing to the beach when the Germans 'Terror...
In those days everyone went to bed with curlers in their hair, flat metal ones, I think they were called...
The Belfast Telegraph building in Belfast was full of bullet holes from the planes and some other big bank...
The reason in our area, Great Barr, Birmingham, was the risk from typhoid. Our destination was Nottingham...
My father was a member of the Youth Hostel Association, and then in the 1930’s, he developed a pen...
As we lived only a mile or so from the ICI plant and even nearer to the Newport Bridge -which was one...
I was born on the 6th of April 1945 in the Firvale area of Sheffield, the youngest daughter of William and...
Mother took us to Uncle Clarence's wedding, we were dressed very smart with the exception of our young...
His name was Norman Garlinge -- a little younger than me, a good cricketer. There was another memorable...
How often have we heard small girls and boys, reluctant, though obedient bid "Good night"; consign...
He called our smallest land girl and said, “I want you to go to the farm house and get me a bucket...
. I had gone out of the front door, leaving it open, and round the side of the house to start feeding...
That man was on point duty in Redhill when a German plane flew down the main street and fired at the...
My brother Ronald Sydney Rhodes served in North Africa with the RAF during the 2nd World War. My brother...
My recollection of food shortages before rationing was my mother, my sister and myself getting up early on...
My father was a bus driver with the South Wales Bus Company, No 42. We lived very close to the Llandarcy...
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