The Davy's had two dogs, Nipper a Jack Russell and Jill, a wire-haired terrier. Mr. Davy returned home...
After almost a couple of years in the shop, Mam and Dad decided to move to a nice house near the park,...
This boy was 11 when war was declared and its immediate effect on us kids was a rush of patriotism, God...
Things were getting pretty bad with the bombings so my mother decided to evacuate me again she sent me to...
My eldest sister Margaret recalled that she was placed with a Mrs Munton, she had a daughter younger than...
We also stole and ate the family's store of pears so we were taken to a 'short-stay' hostel in...
In Llanfair and Lloyney our milk was fresh and organic, from the cows which grazed in the local meadows and...
Another sad time for me towards the end of the war was when a dear friend, a Canadian pilot based at...
In 1934 Fay started her education with the Sisters of the Holy Child in Mayfield, Sussex. In 1976 Fay...
It all seemed a real eye-opener for their brothers were daily flying in large formations of bombers to...
Later, Dad was posted abroad, and although the British Forces were not to tell anyone where they were...
One thing I do remember is I never ate butter all through the war. You see my stepfather would not eat...
There were no scarcity of military installations — the St Lucia Barracks, the garrison home of the...
When we reopened the huse, there was great excitement, especially when Mum looked in the oven to find Dad...
Coming out of Stoke St. Michael on the road to Waterlip and Branmore, the first and largest quarry was...
Although Portsmouth and Southampton, on each side, were hard hit, Fareham escaped the worst of the bombing....
My memories of Lyme in the early days of the war were of soldiers training on the beach, of waves...
Probably the most vivid was being taken by my mother to see the wreckage of a German aircraft that was shot...
My mother approached the lady whose house we were staying at and asked her where we were, her reply...
During the ages of six and eight I was evacuated from Orkneys to join my sisters in Hampshire. I remember...
One of the things I was always doing was pushing gran around the garden in my large wheel barrow, one day...
So it was a big day when the gas lassie came to call, because once Mam got the rebate then she would...
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