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Doreen Jacobs War Time Memories

Doreen Emily Jacobs lived in East London she was 3 when the war broke out and 9 when it ended....

Long Holidays

My two brothers and I were evacuated from Liverpool... A train took us to a tiny country station, and we...

A child's memories

At the age of 5 I was diagnosed with a juvenile form of tuberculosis and sent to live with my grandparents...

They'd all just started, like me

I was based at Kidbrooke — it was an Army camp but we, the Air Force was based there too. The Army...

How Lucky We Are

I am sat here in my room using my PC, looking at the photographs of my great nephew and his friend and...

I was 15 when war broke out

I was born in London, and evacuated to Darlington, Cumbria, where I worked in the NAAFI... My job in the...

Bristol Lit Up By Bombs

In I941, my mum and I were living in flats in the centre of Bristol, right under the flight path of the...

AIRFORCE GIRL (conversation with a grandson)

War Babies' Carry Cots

These were close to Heaton Mersey Square, Stockport.I think it was Stockport Road between Cheadle Heath and...

Quick thinking and sharp shooting.

I remember being really happy because my father had come home on leave and we were sitting in the garden...

My Life in Bedfordshire During the War

I have lived all my life in Toddington, Bedfordshire. An officer in an anti-tank unit, Captain Browning,...

On Yer Bike!

I lived in Bexley in Kent, with my parents and brother Michael. One morning, about half past eight I think,...

when i was a child bridesmaid during the war

My mother got the dresses for my cousin and myself from a shop in Chapel St. Islington... Which didn't...

Earliest Memories

My earliest experience of World War II, at age 13-14, was the sudden departure of a Japanese family whose...

Grandmother's Frying Pan

One evening she was preparing the evening meal…I think it was sausages as she was cooking in a frying...

Liberation!

A Ghostly Walk in Beverley

On the 19th October 1943 my Grandfather, Illius Healey, took his wire haired fox terrier for a walk to...

Memories of a chocolate swiss roll

My memories are of the boys sleeeping in the oast house, they had tents in the orchard, army lorries and...

Tim Sainsbury

WARTIME MEMORIES OF CHEPSTOW BY TIM SAINSBURY. We lived in the farmhouse at Piercefield near Piercefield...

Spitfire Chase

In late June of 1940 it took only about 5 minutes for German planes leaving their newly won aerodromes in...

Bombs at the tennis courts

The tennis courts were taken over by the R.A.F. We were living in the confines of the barrage balloon in...

Wartime Memories Pt4

Sitting on the gate, a big five barred field gate, and watching the army lorries coming down the hill...

BOYS WILL BE BOYS!

As a boy scout, Cliff remembers helping the Home Guard in mock battles, etc. to train troops such as the...

Fighting in World War 2

My Nan can remember Barrage Balloons over both Birkenhead and Liverpool. North Wales had many areas of...

Evacuation Stories and other memories

My Dad was awarded medals during the war and now my young Grandson has got them and wears them to the...

When I was called up!!

A lot of food was rationed like meat, eggs, butter, tea, cheese, sugar and clothes... You were not allowed...