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My first taste of chocolate

I was givin this by an Americain Air Force man... I just remember some men in uniform, one of whom bent...

My Apple Pie

A bomb dropped at the Naval place across the water at Oulton Broad, the blast blew all our 22 windows...

Toys in the wardrobe

I was a small child on VE Day but old enough to understand that my brother and I had been promised toys...

Living with ten evacuees from Liverpool

My mum had ten evacuees. They came from Liverpool to Hoole, Chester....

A Wartime Day Nursery - Post War

St Catherine's Road remained a day nursery for working mother's until it was burned down, when I...

A Welsh Farm Tale

My eldest sister and I were evacuated to a gentleman farmer in Aber, our father was away with the Navy at...

At the Controls at the 大象传媒 - Mr Barlow

Photo submitted by Mr Barlow's daughter. show her father at the controls in Broadcasting house Bristol...

Phyllis Clark's War

There were also plenty of cinemas, I remember that there was one on Bolton Road and another on Duckworth...

A dead rat

Name: Dennis Knight Location: Kingston, Surrey. Aged 9 we had a Morrison Shelter which we slept in each...

Reminiscing

Just thought I would say a big "thank you" to all of you that turned up for our WW2 Reminisant day,...

Waking Aunty up!

I went to Widden Street School in Gloucester... My aunt lived nearby the school and worked the night shift...

Missing Brother

He was stationed in France, and ran the military bar..... I know my brothers grandfather was a police...

A Long Walk to School

I went to Courtney Street School and I lived in Waller Street with Mam, Dad and my sisters Ivy, May, Doris...

War as a child in Brymbo, Wrexham

I was in Brymbo School to start with, and then I went to Grove Park Grammar School....

A lad on his way to school

And going to school at a village of Hemington, 2 miles away, one was either lucky to catch the milk cart...

Marching in the sea

I was in the land army during the war and remember some things. We marched along the edge of the sea and...

But for the War I would Never Have Been Born

The two younger members of the family and my Grandma were evacuated but didn't settle and returned to...

Wartime Sing Songs

There were all kinds of happy times....

War Baby

Claude was in Scotland on some form of trianing when my mother was born in August. It was on this journey...

My Mother's Recollection

My Mother's Recollection...

Beer and Chips

He was put with this lady she had a daughter of about ten or eleven and the usual thing with us kids...

Soldier Boy - now a Real Trooper!

Soldier Boy - now a Real Trooper. For my wartime memories, please see the stories: "Lights Out",...

The 'Spying for Hitler' quiz

However he turned out to be spying for Hitler ....

Everyone Pulled Together

There was no problem that couldn't be solved over a cuppa, a lemonade or a pint... One example was that...

Mother goes to see the headmaster, Mr Jackson

How are you coping with the children, Mrs Foulds鈥� asked the headmaster... Yes sir鈥� 鈥淚...

A Wartime Day Nursery - Where Are They Now?

In many cases we saw great changes as they became more secure, settled down and learned to adapt to the...