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Hanbury Dump

My mother during the war worked at the RAF place called Hanbury Dump where they kept bombs underground. You...

Welsh soldier sings in Derby

During his time in Derby he used to go to the Welsh Chapel in Green Lane and the weekly Welsh newspaper...

Working down the coalmine in 1941 - Part two

Working down the mine was a dreadfull experience for me as I was so timid and nervous, having no confidence...

Fruit from afar

Raisins, currants, peaches, apples, pears, nectarines, apricots etc in greaseproof bags... Then awhile...

Chocolate Temptation

I was allowed to keep it in my bedroom, a terrible temptation, but not allowed to touch it until every...

Misplaced account

The Emmanuel School at Clapham in South London had been evacuated to Petersfield and shared our school...

Street Party

I lived in Rayners Lane, Middlesex and not one ceiling was left in tact in our house!.. We had cheese...

One of Those They Left Behind

When, due to the 'phoney war', some of the evacuees returned, it was decided that they would be...

Malvern Girls' College

I was a school girl during the war and my mother was told that German planes couldn't bomb Great...

Mrs Melling's Wartime

We lived in a part of Manchester called Levenshulme but I worked on the switchboard down in some cellars in...

Does Violet remember Bill?

When I woke I thought "I'm supposed to be on waste ground for a casualty", so I had no time to...

No Swimming For The Family

We lived in a quiet part of Liverpool then, we lived in a place called Norris Green, a very nice little...

Childhood memories

I had a rag doll which I named Bella Biscuit and it broke my heart as she went missing in the raid....

Children鈥檚 memories WW2

Christine & Sheila Dyson. I remember my mum making blackout curtains and remember very clearly on the...

The Tuckers go to Hastings

On this particular day Archie was driving the family along when an officious Dad's Army type Air Raid...

A Fishy One

One night during the Blackout he and a friend were fishing on Smeatons Pier. His friend accompanied him...

鈥�21鈥� on VE Day

The custom then was to invite your friends to celebrate at the Plaza Ballroom on the Southside of Glasgow....

Bluecoat School Bomb

Next morning I went to school as normal,the bus making various detours because of the unexploded bombs.We...

Sharing Canadian Food In Nutley Garage

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

A Milkgirl's Tale of Luck

On this particular day in July 1944 I was delivering milk in Ore Village, when a doodlebug came overhead...

fireman in the blitz

He would sleep at the firestation, but if it was a quieter night and they had chance to sleep he wuold...

Sent by the Germans from Ukraine to a collective farm

I was born in Selo Kosmyryn, Buchach, Ternopil, Ukraine....

Bombed out by Pat

My Dad was wounded in the First World War and was hit in the leg by a bullet. We had a big...

Sweet Rations and Hospital

As was not uncommon children needed to go to hospital to have various bits and pieces removed or added or...

Making Ends Meet

I also made cushions out of odds and ends. At Chapel Allerton hospital there were wounded soldiers I also...

WW2 Civilian Story

We still had school as normal, we had enough food, and I was lucky in that I was with my family most...