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Doodle-bug Diversion

At the time of the doodle-bugs, I had a boyfriend and, because of the difficult times we were living...

It's not always the fight

Some years ago, when I was at senior school and learning about the Second World War, I was set an...

My experience as nine year old from 1939 to 1945

When warwas declared my Mother and my two younger brothers and myself were next door having a cup of tea...

Ronald Deamer — Crater on the Old Kent Road

The crater was so large and covered the width of the road so that it was almost unnoticeable, especially in...

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Ulverston and Barrow school boys in WW2

When this happened Donny was five and Harold was eleven. When the war ended Donny and Harold were happy...

Evacuee

After a year or so the bombing became more intense, so we were sent away to Mistley in Essex, which is on...

A tale of two brothersicon for Story with photo

Both Frank and Jack Hoyland had seen their share of the horrors of war from close up, Frank coming under...

Going to School

He went to Scotland, Cornwall, Nottingham and Croydon airport which was badly bombed. One we have learned...

School Evacuation

In 1938 Dulwich College Prep school evacuated to Cranbrook, Kent, into wooden huts... We were issued with...

The Dachshund and the Chocolate

Here is my story, or anecdote: I was two years old, or nearly two years old, when I was evacuated with my...

Chilren - No Worries

Well, I remember it breaking out, on the day that war broke out, and we all had to stand around the...

My Holiday in Torquay (P.M.)

My aunt and uncle had friends in Torquay. Five of us went, Mum, Grandad, Aunt, Uncle and myself. In Torquay...

The Wisdom of Animals

We had moved all over the place -- Portsmouth, Harwich, Liverpool -- but we ended up in Kent. THIS STORY...

Bringing up a baby in Doncaster during the war

He didn't pass for the navy, either, with his eye sight, so they put him in the Pioneer Corps... He was...

Hell's Bells!

While serving in the A.T.S. at an A.A. gunsite at Portbury near Bristol, we were in "spider" huts...

Watching the Germans

Here's a story about how German Prisoners of War were seen in England. I was slightly awe-struck by...

Phyllis

There were two: Phyllis and Hazel, they were sisters she didn't want to separate them... She kept...

Memories of a Seven Year old.

One Saturday Mum took my brother and me from Tolworth to Kingston on a Trolley Bus... When in the Junior...

Bananas

It was a cold grey day when me and my mate got on the train at Glasgow bound for Swansea We boarded...

An Evacuation Adventure

The Germans bombed the Sunderland shipyards so all the children had to be evacuated. When Mrs Colvin got...

Our first intake of evacuees

We had our first intake of evacuees from Salford....

Life on the farm for a land army girl

The start of my time in the Land Army didn't go too well, as on the way to my billet, a lady...

Waving to the Wrong Guys

I was eight when war broke out and living in Dagenham which of course was soon to become a major target for...

I thought it was 2 months but it was 2 days!

We were in the cellar and an incendiary dropped and my father came and got us and we crawled on our hands...

Long Days, Sleepers Nights

During the war, I wanted to join the ATS, though the first time I was called up I became very ill and...

VE Day

An austere Victorian type Bachelor, he had always been a figure of terror to small boys, but on this...

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