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memories of evacuees

I remember evacuees came to live next door, they were from London... 5 doors away there was a little elad...

My 6th birthday

I remember being carried out on to the street on my fathers shoulders, a bonfire had been lit and a piano...

Our VE Day

No longer would we gawp at the Bombed-out Wreckage, of the Dwellings, where such as our friends, Peter,...

Pigeon Count

I remember during WW2, when I was a young boy, the local policemen on his bike would call on my father from...

The first siren that went off

We didn't have an air raid shelter yet, however Mr Sibley did. As soon as the siren went off, dad my...

Wartime Memories Pt8

I remember VE Day because my parents took the pony and trap and went off to the local pub leaving us with...

NOT FOR DISCUSSION

Born in 1948, I have very little to tell about the second world war,what I can tell is the anger as a...

"Okey Pokey"

Perhaps the nicest of all memories was when someone rushed to our house one Sunday afternoon and told us...

The Piano

After one bad raid a bomb or aerial torpedo had fallen in Higham Hill in Walthamstow... Quite a few houses...

Refugee Child

I talked to my grandad who is Vernon Reinholt Life for a child that is a REFUGEE. I ate powdered egg, which...

End of the War

I heard the war was over on the wireless and bells were rung... J. Lawrence and has been added to the site...

Evacuation story

I was evacuated in 1941 to Cheshire... A year ago I went back and we called into a pub were the locals...

The Pain of War

I remember as a 10 year old, nurses pushing wounded soldiers around Ivy Street and Infirmary Street, some...

Gas Masks

He didn't have any for the very young children, he told me to put a cloth over my baby's face....

Thank-you

My name is Tom Matthews, I'm 16 and from Cornwall. I would just like to say a massive thank-you to all...

War Wound

He had a piece of shrapnel in his lung, but by the time he arrived home the wound had healed over,...

Evacuated to Argentina

My mother was evacuated to Argentina with her brother when she was 6 years old for 5 years. They lived with...

Living on a Farm

I went with the boy who lived next door and my parents said I was to look after him because I was...

Maureen Butler's school days during the war

I attended St Johns Primary School in Redhill....

Air raid shelter memories

The top bunk was upstairs of the bus and the bottom bunk down stairs. I remember at Christmas not only...

Planees on Display

I don't remember too much about the details but do remember seeing a German plane on Braunstone Park...

My first memory

I can remember my Father pushing me through Cirencester Park when I was three years old, and seeing the...

Child at war

We were hop picking when I was about 8 years old when a German plane landed in the hop field and we...

Conway Castle 1933

Irene M. M. Taylor Conway Castle, Wales, 1933, taken on the castle walls. The following account is best to...

Evacuation

I was evacuated along with my younger sister in 1940 aged 10. We were orphaned in March 1941 having lost...

WW2

WW2 see attached photo date taken 1945 location outside theatre royal my address at the time 22 park road...