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Evacuation to Fleetwood

My lasting Memory of World War II is…of my mum talking about her evacuation to Knott End, Fleetwood,...

Grandma’s funeral

Grandma would pass the bottom of our street on her way to visit her daughter and grandchildren in...

My memories

I remember when the train coming from Bridgend got machine-gunned and five or six people from Blencharin...

Evacuated love in Lacock

My uncle, who lived at 6 High Street, had an evacuee, a widow or separated person, with her daughter,...

'Bombs' as told to her daughter Fiona

But I've been told that the first word I learned to say wasn't "Mum or "Dad" - but...

John Salisbury - my story

My lasting memory of world war 2 is I was only 4 years old when the war was over but I remember...

Celebration Bonfire !

Celebration Bonfire. I remember having a Bonfire at the end of the Avenue when the war finished,because you...

Life in Lyme Regis

I asked my Great-Grandad who was 91 on the 11th April what his experience was in world war two....

Cinema Bombing

My lasting Memory of World War II is…seeing cartoon films of Pinocchio and Bambi at the cinema and...

Evacuation of Blackhoughton

I left the farm where I was born and moved to a place called Cotter Berry Farm in Chereton Bishop... This...

War Memorabilia

Returning soldiers often brought memorabilia back with them. I remember one boy in the playground at school...

Farming in Rossett, Wrexham, during the war

I used to go to the farmers dance sometimes, at the Wynnstay in Wrexham... And it had to be at Rossett...

The Talking Trains

When we were in London we'd come on the steam train to Nottingham and the sound of the train —...

Life in Wellington

My parents had an evacuee to stay with us during the war, a boy from Essex. The metal gates were taken off...

The air raids

They lived on the back on the york railways track which was always being bombed. They never had no bomb...

Burmapix

I bartered some tins of meat and fish for two beautiful pictures of a Burmese Gentleman and a Burmese Lady....

Heralding Christmas

Paul Rissman took 7 differen schools. im in fordbank primmary and we did music he is a relly good man,...

Stewart Parry Keeping Informed During The War

This way I could keep up-to-date with the various frontlines....

V.E. Street Party, Leytonstone

The picture is submitted by George Moss who is included in the photograph, aged 4, with his sister Iris and...

CHESTER - WHAT WAS IT LIKE ON VE DAY??

I am looking for any information on what Chester and the surrounding area was like during the end of the...

Living under occupation - Children's curiosity

Me and my friend Brian climbed down the cliffs, in spite of the mines, to find the remains of a downed...

You'll soon find out

Grandad was sitting on a gate,several soldiers ran by him,when asked why they were running,they replied you...

Spare time and Activities

I was at school during the war, but on Saturday mornings, I helped at a club for children whose parents...

Seeking the Search Lights. As told by Peter Hughes

As told by Peter Hughes. It was 'strict blackout' but I would peep through the blinds to see the...

Living with Germans - kindness to children

One day on the way home from school I fell over and was sitting there crying when a German soldier came out...

Visitors to the house got eggs as a present

I always remember that whenever anybody came to visit at the house they wre given a box of eggs when they...