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Rita Clark and Redhill School Days

Rita Clark and Redhill School Days...

Growing up in the war

I lived in a small market town on the borders of Shrops/Worcs far away from the violence of the war.It...

My family during the War

They had evacuees in the school and in the west end of Somersham one of the aircraft came down and it hit...

American G.I. Grandfather in World War 2

Back in 1945, when the War was coming to a close, a certain Maoro Rodriguez was stationed at Whittington...

The evacuee,s

I was six and my sister was nine, We went by train to Yorkshire a place called Hellifield... I still...

My Mother's suffering

I lived in Heaton, Newcastle, in an old terrace house with my family and we were near the main railway line...

Travel

One of the difficulties that had to be overcome when travelling on either trains or buses was the netting...

Saved from "Doodlebug"

At this point in the war it was fairly common to see a doodlebug flying in the direction of London. We...

An Evacuee

We went to the local village school in Flamstead near St. Albans... One day we watched a dog fight above us...

Memories of School Days

Around the end of the war there was a diphtheria epidemic and a girl in my class died from it. She would...

Attack on the shop.

Well, our delivery arrived and as well as 200cwt of potatoes and a box of onions there was a box of...

WW2 Recollections.

My parents Douglas and Freda Milne were in the ARP... They covered the Bar Beacon area of Biringham, the...

The only Jewish girl in the school

The teachers came with us, they were nuns, it was a Catholic school, they were nuns and it was quite...

Bugger Your Violin

One evening my sister and I were both in bed and my aunt, whose son was eventually killed, got a telephone...

Shrapnel

My story is about having managed to scramble into the shelter and the German Air Force were really giving...

Mary Wallbank's story

Mrs Wallbank was on a farm in Mewith throughout the War.It was her father's farm, they had both sheep...

Aboard an aircraft carrier near Gourock on Christmas day

I remember in 1944 at Christmas-time five children out of my primary school class were picked to go out to...

Evacuation from Guernsey to Wigan

I went to delancy Catholic School Star of the sea I had to go two or three times to school so we...

Schoolboy Evaucation

I was an evacuee from Portsmouth to Hambleton, 9 miles away. I was part of the school-age evacuation and my...

Carving with Pride

One night Birmingham had a real pounding from the bombers. I stood at the top of our yard in a small...

Evacuees from London

The grown-ups on the station stood back near the wall... We didn't believe the grown-ups when they...

Train to Lincoln

If the bombing in London was not bad I was able to go to Lincolnshire to stay with my Grandparents. I was...

Evacuated to Northants

As a post war baby,I grew up hearing of my 3 elder siblings accounts to my parents and myself, of life as...

Hadleigh Greets the Evacuees

Hadleigh was put on alert to receive teenage evacuees from London... Luckily there was no bombing of London...

The Bombing of Burngreave School

PW 277 Mrs. Joyce Rason The Bombing of Burngreave School. Pitsmoor Sheffield During the Sunday night/Monday...

Before VJ Day

When we arrived we wee told that when we go to the beach we must keep strictly to the path, because the...