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ballantyne road school

I was living in grenfell road liverpool,and attended ballantyne road school in the early part of the war,my...

Memories of the Americans

We had a camp near to us and they took us out in one of their three ton lorries around the area,...

The wrong Dart

The land beyond the garden sloped down to the river which was called the Little Dart. We had seven...

Wireless (Radio)

The wireless was our only means of enterainment. We used to listen to Paul Temple, Dick Barton and Saturday...

Commotion at camp

We had saved our ration coupons for meat and at the end of camp acquired a 12 lb tin of corned beef...

The Evacuee

I miss my Mum I miss my Dad Crying for home And the things I had known The day they took me...

Practice bombing runs over the Eyebrook Reservoir

I was looking out of the bedroom window, with my brother and sister, watching the planes turn round for...

Childhood Days 1940,s

Remembering those years gone by.I was 5 when the 2nd world war broke out.We were given gas masks... We had...

Memories of Evacuation

During the war I lived in Peckham with my parents and 1 brother... I have recorded several items on...

Memories of a street party at Wembdon Bridgwater Somerset

In 1945 I was 9 years old and I went to Grove house school Wembdon....

Bringing home a grenade

He lived in Dallow Road Luton... The area had been bombed by the Germans and Dad liked to pick up old...

From Derby to Chesterfield

I was evacuated from Derby to Chesterfield at the age of nine, we were not really welcome at the first...

School Experiences

I can remember doing our geometry exam and the sirens went we had to pick everything up, papers, set...

Bomb in Melton

A bomb was dropped which landed on the shelters... The only classroom affected by broken windows by the...

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Children's War Effort (Spring Grove)

William's Toffee Works was about 300 yards away and was bombed... All the children climbed the rubble...

Gasmasks and Sandwiches

Onve there was a long film being shown, and my friends and I decided to take sandwiches to eat during the...

Camouflage And Knitting

As a girl guide I used to make camouflage nets, and knitted for the army, navy and the air force various...

Ten Metres Shy

Morris's Commercial Factory was at the back of the garden... One day I came back in the morning and...

The Three French Soldiers

Britain declared war on Germany on September the third 1939, when Hitler refused to withdraw his troops....

The Day War Broke Out

We were in the car, on our way to Morecambe Morecambe for a holiday! I had my picture taken on Morecambe...

We Who Are Left Will Never Forget

Our lives were now ruled by air raid warnings, fire watch rotas, war-work jobs, ration books and queuing...

We were the last two: An Evacuees story

As an evacuee I was sent to this village green in Swadlingcote... Gradually the village came out picking...

Memories of Evacuation

My name in 1939 was Rene Anne Gould and I lived with my parents in Camberwell, attending Crawford Road...

Rabbit Lass Fri' Burnley

She was known as the "Rabbit lass Fri' Burnley"....