We used to eat imported eggs and we had some eggs that came from Poland, written on one of the eggs was...
I remember being in church with my father when the priest announced that war had broken out, I was five...
I also ran a group of Sea Rangers. Aswell as that I was recruited for the homeguard-as I knew the morse...
Mrs Irene Gosset interviewed by John Gaisford and Rosie Mere Transcribed and edited by John David from...
His childhood memories include his parents running a fish and chip shop. This story was told during story...
I was waiting with my friend Gwen to go to the library after school... When I had picked my way out of...
Tommy trembled but he had to be brave for his little sister... Tommy shouted luckily a neighbour was also...
During one air raid my mum went into labour, and my dad's Aunt Ethel came to look after the younger...
My Mum and Dad lived at Hilders Bungalow, Redding Street on the Appledore Road out of Tenterden. Dad was in...
Tommy trembled but he had to be brave for his little sister... Tommy shouted luckily a neighbour was also...
I lived in Essex, near an Ack-Ack station. I kept saying to my mum "Can I go and see the Big...
SPRING 1944 ,SOMPTING . We moved into The Old Sussex Guest House ,my mother had purchased the property as...
Every Saturday night, my mum would open her doors and the lady next door used to have a piano, and...
Tommy trembled but he had to be brave for his little sister... Tommy shouted luckily a neighbour was also...
1939 aged 1 My mom carried me, and my sister held onto her nightie to go down to the air raid shelter...
All was calm and normal, when suddenly there was the noise of singing and large troop carrying lorries...
Thoresby Aerodrome was near and we could hear all the planes as Lincolnshire was full of aerodromes —...
The Headmaster was Eric Barker, his wife told me abut an activity that her husband had been involved in...
Father made doughnuts and smothered them in sugar. He won the case and the village continued to enjoy...
In 1939 I was 15 and I was on holiday at Studhill in Herne Bay when war broke out... My father had...
Firstly I would like to explode the myth about handouts…I never saw any chocolate, chewing gum or...
During one period at home i was in the back garden and a German plane came flying low overhead. Although i...