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In an Air Raid Shelter in London. As related by Fiona Miller

This is a story handed down through the family - Just as they got in the air raid shelter Grandad Moorcraft...

My memory of V.E. Day is

On the day war finished it was arranged that regulars at the Lyndale School of Dancing would meet to...

Bombings

I was 3 when my parents were bombed out of our house in Wallasey, Father was in the home guard, I can...

B. Walmsleys Story

There was a large factory in the area and they were bombed regularly... While we were there there was a...

School life under German occupation. Hot milk and Plasticene

Hot milk and Plasticene. All I remember was Mrs. Roberts’ cook heating our milk up and bringing it in...

My Memory of VE Day

After the parties they built a big bonfire on some spare land, everyone in Clively came and we were singing...

Evacuee from Southend to Derbyshire

I am now living in New Zealand, I am visiting my brother in Wiltshire and also visiting cousins who live...

Explosion at the pub

This story was told to Rebecca Redgate who is Betty's great niece, and told in as much detail as she...

The inconvenience of the Japanese surrender

It was in August and we had made a bonfire on the beach: because we were so annoyed with Hirohito, we burnt...

Brenda's Memory 2

A story written up by Karen in the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Open Centre Hull. A local greengrocer Mr Bradbrook would...

Shot Down In Wales

My great grandfather was flying a Spitfire whilst in conflict with the germans over the land of Wales......

Bananas for the nurses

I remember bringing back a huge bunch of bananas from Freetown all the way back to Liverpool... When we...

Cambridge Castle defence scheme

The plan was 'found in a basement' at Shire Hall in 1955 and forms part of the Cambridgeshire...

Unsung Heroes

The unsung heroes and heroines in the second world war must surely be those kind people who opened their...

"Sleeping on desks"

In Sutton the school, the primary school Sutton East was next to the waterworks. To make up for the...

Two Brothers - on the same day

My lasting Memory of World War II is…2 of my brothers called up on the same day... A telegram...

how i came to this world

That's how I came to be - a half Chinese, half Irish person living in England....

Unexploded Bomb in Playing Field

One day a bomb landed on their playing field and they all ran out to look into the hole, picking up bits...

My memories

I remember waiting for my dad coming home when the Germans bombed Ransome and Marles, where he worked......

Under Age Fireman

This is a picture of John Mailes looking pleased with himself after joining the Ewyas Harold Fire Brigade....

Living under occupation - Childrens games - explosives

Past the other side of Les Blicqs, we'd have this big stone in the gateway. We would put the bullet on...

On The March

Mrs Stark came to our school and told us about the World War 2 stories she remembered. The soldiers marched...

Praying

I was 13 years old living in North Brook Street, Birmingham with my mum... My mum carried on and I was left...

We had evacuees for 1 year

We were 7 children and 2 parents and had 4 children from London in three bedrooms... In 1941 we saw a...

Where Has my Friend Gone?

I had a friend back in the early part of the war whom I went to school with she was a German...

More detailed addresses

I remember going to school one morning to be met outside the school by teachers saying the school had been...