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Carry the cat

Remembers during the ‘May Blitz’ their house was bomb damaged leaving no gas, electricity or...

Wartime in Brackley

I'm one of nine children on a farm in Brackley Northants. We were surrounded by aerodromes; Turweston,...

When war broke out

Aunt Lizzie had been a headmistress and she now lived in Holly Cottage, next door to a public house... I...

War Memories: Returning Home From Africa

One evening when we out visiting friends, we were told that Wallasey was alight! Whilst my war effort was...

The Manchester Blitz

By Christmas 1940 Marjorie was in service in Whalley Range. Then the Manchester Blitz struck at Christmas...

Bombing of the Lockheed factory at Leamington

Black objects appeared from beneath it and we saw tracer coming from the front turret, arcing down, and we...

Farming in Northumberland

I was 17 years old when I came to Wooler to join the land army from Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 23rd......

Wimbledon SW 20 Memories

My father Myles Quirke was a violinist in the London Philarmonic Orchrestra from approximatey 1920 - 1955....

My Childhood Memories

I can remember the sirens every night... After the war, when the siren started to sound because there was a...

War Memories as a Young Girl

I lived with my mum and dad. It was for my mum and dad and my brothers....

Experiences As An Evacuee

As requested I append some thoughts on my experiences as an evacuee at the start of the Second World War......

Joining the Girls Training Corps to support the war effort

Some of us had joined the Girls Training Corps, so in the evenings, when we'd finished cleaning all the...

Memories of Commer Cars Bombing in Luton, 1944

D-Day Troops in Kidderminster

Where I lived in Franche, Kidderminster, was on the main A442 to Bridgnorth... Their equipment fascinated...

DOODLEBUGS

has produced a booklet written by an evacuee to Abbots Langley from London. Secretary: Dr Richard Simons 19...

Wartime bell ringing

I was 10 years old in 1939, ringing at All Saints, Old Isleworth, on the treble bell, standing on a box...

Signalling to the enemy!

We saw the boys during the day and after they'd gone back to camp my friend and I went to bed in...

The Only Casualty

Folkestone is opposite the Pas de Calais from where most of the V1s, Doodlebugs were launched. Inside the...

From the people of Canada

One day the Lady Mayor came to Brenda's school and all the nursery class were given a bar of Fry's...

Margaret from Timperley.

During our holiday on August 24th it was my Father's birthday and it was the custom at the holiday camp...

Dig for Victory

To our surprise, not only did we have potatoes, beans and the like, from the new garden under the tree but...

Fred Cole's Newhaven WW2 experience

There was one day when we were going in the train to Lewes; we found afterwards that we'd run over an...

From the Chairman of the GOPWA

I'm now 67 years but one of my clearest recollections of the war years in Girvan was my Father...

Wartime Memories

I was about 7 years old and I was waiting at a bus stop with friends and a teacher when the sirens...

Big Silver Whales - Barrage Balloons

Occasionally the actual barrage balloon was shot down....

Victor Ludorum

Senior pupils were being awarded the victor ludorum, which made a great impression on me. My mother was a...