I lived in Buxton... We didn't have many air-raids in Buxton but there was an RAF Station nearby, so...
Billetted next door to us were two soldiers, one a Scottish chap called Jock, who was in the commandos and...
I can remember the blitz; on March 13th 1941 there were 3 people killed on our road, two daughters of the...
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Down the High Street of an Isle of Wight town in the winter of 1943 came a small army band playing a...
One day whilst playing on the beach with 9 other kids, it was littered with burnt out flares, great lumps...
During the war my father served Kenley aerodrome with newspapers, and because we lived between Kenley...
One day the air raid sirens went off during class so all the children had to dive under our desks and put...
I looked up to see faces of young German POWs looking back at me through the windows... My mother said to...
When the war started, billeting began and Mrs Fishwick was asked to take in a brother and sister from...
Therewas five minutes to the end of the lesson and suddenly there wasthis sound as if allthe air was being...
She lived in Swindon, Wiltshire and can remember the evacuees arriving at Swindon station from London... We...
Mr John McChesney of Dalrymple who was a woodwork teacher at the school would even head to Dalmellington on...
The German plane was on reconnaissance, and had apparently got lost; it was most likely looking for an...
This was classed as essential services because the army and air force needed leather for planes, lorries,...
I was 13 when war broke out, my parents ran The Rainbow Pub and American Police were outside to see that...
We'd finish late in the evening and on our way home we'd often stop off at the pub in Rothwell and...
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My grandad lived in Marsden in Yorkshire. some evacuees came there but they all stayed with friends or...
My mother wrapped up my baby brother, nan grabbed the torch, the emergency supplies and the bucket, and...
From the shape of them and what I have seen on the tele I think they were mustangs....
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