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cold winter's

The barricades on Nettleham Rd which the boys hid behind and snowballed us. The patterns on the frosted...

Gas Mask Memories

Gas masks were an awful ordeal, we had to go tot eh fire station and be fitted with the masks. Luckily I...

looking for lost relative

Mothers name was Charlotte Elizabeth Orr Fathers name was Leonard Greenwood Orr....

Landmine in Sandown Road

I found a landmine in Sandown Road, it had not exploded as it was jammed in an entry and so couldn't...

Teenager in the war

We were living in West Bridgford, the sirens were going, my father couldn't get me out of bed - I was a...

Childhood Victims of War

We heard a German plane go over - the siren had not gone. By that time we were well versed between German...

War time changes 2

I went to train at St James Hospital in Leeds which is in Yorkshire. In the Red Cross I didn't need a...

Farm Memories.

During the war I lived on a farm at Fenny Bently near Ashbourne. As we were farmers it meant we were ok...

The Child Harvest

One of my strongest memories centres on the time that the school decided to undertake an experiment —...

Auntie Gwen's Diary for 1941

This story is a diary which my Auntie Gwen wrote in 1941....

Suspended Morrison Shelter

Aged 9 , we had a Morrison shelter that we slept in night, because of the doodlebugs....

VE day

On the evening of VE day, we got up out of bed and went down to the local fire station... My family...

Not So Safe a Combination?

We lived in Withernsea and my dad was the Captain of the Home Guard... There were malatoft cocktails and...

Fish Paste Sandwiches

My elder brother didn't eat his crusts off his sandwiches and threw them under the tresle table....

ARP First Aiders, Hitchin

The photograph shows some of the Hitchin ARP team with the end result of a 'first aid' practice...

My Memory of VE Day is

Weeks before the big day our mothers were collecting coppers and bits of food each week for baking and...

End of War Party

I remember tables and lots of food and the weather was good. My brothers and sisters who did get to go to...

Bombed out Church

It was pitch black and my brother fell over a bike which had been abandoned in the road, as he got up...

world war

Age 12 dear lord, i hope all the people that died in the war are happy in heaven with you....

tanks in the street

I was reading in my room when my mum called up to me to go and look out the window, there was...

Wartime Family

Evacuation Day

Myself and my sister were taken to Central station in Manchester, by our mother, we had labels pinned to...

My Grandma's story

My Grandma was a nurse at whiteheaven hospital but had no war casulties. when she went to Southport she ate...

Rabbits

I was a Landgirl for 7-1/2 years on a farm in Kelmscott, Oxfordshire,. The lads on the farm used to shoot...

V.E.Day

We lived in Railway Street, by the Central Station... I can remember we had a party in the street,but it...

'Tin Hats'

I remember that some people had to wear tin hats when the sirens went and we had to go to a shelter...