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Nice Little earner!

I lived on a farm in Suffolk in a place called Ship Meadow during the war, I was evacuated from Gravesend...

Mother said 'OUT!'

I was there with a friend one day and after the film her brother was suppossed to come and meet us... My...

In Codicote during WW2

Tea, Bread & Dripping

My mother went to every house in Raeburn road and asked everyone for ½ lb of flour and a teaspoon of...

Refugees from Germany

There were three teenage German girls staying with English families... Gisela who spoke English and German...

Evacuation to llkley Prior to the Start of World War Two

The names include Violet Beardow Cyril and Mavis Dennison, Harry Pollard, Eric Noble, Reggie and Jeffrey...

Drinks for the troops.

George would keep a crate of beer in the kitchen. When tank convoys passed our house in Rampart Road and...

A child’s view of World War 2

My first memory is of evacuees arriving by train from London, two of whom were billeted on us after my...

St Dennis and Goss Moor - Evacuees

It is an extract from a book he wrote in 2004 called 'St Dennis and Goss Moor', published by...

The evacuation home of Olive Heath

When I was twelve years old I lived with my mother and two brothers, Alan who was eight and Dennis who was...

Dad’s Army

I used to carry bombs and rockets on the railway which was very exciting but dangerous... I was a farmer...

Pontypridd - evacuees

I was living at Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd and in 1940 the first British troops arrived, Men of the Duke of...

A Christmas Memory

So on Christmas morning we walked from Lozells to New Street and asked passing uniformed men if they had...

Late for the bus

I ended up in Marton with a Mr and Mrs Lonsdale, now deceased, at 77 Kingsmede Avenue... I went to Longton...

Near Misses

In those days, I lived at Heston Middlesex, and where I live, I can remember flying bombers coming over,...

Cuddington Turkey Shoot

In 1944 a large number of American GI's were billeted near my Grandad Stretch's farm in...

Millbank to Yorkshire

I went to a Yorkshire school — the locals came to the school and chose a child they liked to live...

Living in England and India in World War Two

My daughter lives in Shelford, my son has just moved to Spain to live....

Loss of a Dad

Once we arrived at our Billet, we were evacuees living with a Welsh Family, Mother sat us down, us being my...

Schooldays in Woking

When I was 14, I left school and volunteered for firewatching: in Woking town centre. Woking not bombed...

School Days And Shelters

The tails of incendiary bombs were particularly prized. Some skilled operators could grab an incendiary...

Four Evacuees

Then we got the information that he was in Hoylake with a young girl who had taken four evacuees, and she...

S S City of Benares - I was accepted for a place on board

This story A7349808 has been submitted by The British Schools Museum on behalf of Mrs Betty Goble, with her...

Cheese Eater

I was about 18 months old at the time and in my pram when she dropped the cheese onto the pram. My...

German Refugees

There were three teenage German girls staying with English families. Gisela who spoke English and German...

ww2 my childhood

We were then then given a label which we put around our necks before boarding the train to take us to...