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‘I’ll bet those b..........s haven’t ever seen a good pair of British bloomer before’. Molly Carey and an Old Lady were both Sur

Molly Carey and an Old Lady were both Sur. Once I saw in London where a bomb had come down and it...

Nick Tucker meets POWs on a train

As little boys do my brothers and I were runing up and down the corridor when there in a carriage we saw...

Too Young To Remember

She along with my 5-year-old sister, and my older brother and sister were evacuated to Enfield, but because...

War Time as a School Boy and Student in Scotland

I was at the Glasgow Academy, and I led a procession through the streets of Glasgow. I won an Exhibition...

Tribulations of Anderson Shelters

We had already erected an Anderson Shelter in the garden which required digging a hole and the ground was...

Gas Masks in Blackheath

He worked for the Navy, and was going backwards and forwards to the docks with supplies for the Navy and...

Under the Viaduct

I was working in a confectioners and tobacconists at 68 Preston Road, Brighton underneath the viaduct when...

Reprimands

When I was a child we lived in a house one of three which belonged to Silvan Hall Estate. Black...

John’s War Memories as a Child

One day a 500 pound bomb landed 2 doors near John's house and 1 person was killed. Whilst cooking one...

Digging Trenches

On the commencement of the war in the Far East in Dec 1941, the fall of Singapore and the subsequent air...

Silver cup and a Penny

Coming away with the silver cup I won, an old gentleman dropped a penny in my cup and said it would bring...

Childhood Memories

I was just at the cobbler Alley way into the school. I walked to the air raid shelter by my self; other...

A Memory of Christmas 1945. "Silent night"

Whilst there, one morning we took our army lorry out to the nearby forest and returned to the snow covered...

War Time in Tansor pt 3

In Tansor village there was a big house called Tansor Court. I remember seeing the soldiers around the...

Canadian Christmas Presents For Nutley Children

Part of Nutley Garage, which was owned and run by my family, was taken over by the W.D. in 1940 for the...

German bomber navigation.

This block which had been converted to classrooms had a slate roof which in moonlight gleamed brightly and...

Memories

John was 20 when the war started and travelled to India, South Africa and Burma. By Philip Monaghan, Y9...

Mr. and Mrs. Wilson's Story

Mr Wilson's little Brother had a Mickey Mouse gas mask, but he didn't. Mr and Mrs Wilson said that...

Bomb Threats and Rabbit Stew

I worked at a factory nearby, making materials for the planes, there were bomb threats against this factory...

Childhood Memories from Watford

I was about 6 years old and living with my Grandparents in Watford....

Pam at School

Hanging in the cloakroom at school each child had a rucksack which contained a pair of shoes and a bar of...

About the Army

When the War broke out I was called up for Army, but a large farmer, called me for a tractor driver. 5...

War Time Childhood in Kent

One day while Hop picking with three friends I saw a German bomber flying over on fire. On another...

Tony Baker's D-Day

In the morning, we were walking in the park and without any warning at all, dozens of aircraft flew...

Nina Oldfield's Story

At the start of the war we had to take in evacuees from Liverpool and I remember in particular, one man and...

The Day the Bomb Fell on Taunton

The blast had blown out our windows and back door and damaged the Post Office opposite run by Mr and Mrs...