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Living with the Germans - Crystal set seen

Mr Dowding's family had a radio shop, and he taught the boys how to make crystal sets....

My Memory of VE Day

I lived in Rye then and one memory that sticks is that a boat was burned. Later on that year I made...

Evacuees

I can remember the town being swamped with evacuees, long lines of them. We took a welsh nurse in, so we...

D-Day and Celery

When I was thirteen I was working near Whittlesey counting celery into bunches of 50....

Cattle

I recall standing in a church hall, feeling like it was a cattle market. Thats how it seemed to me; we were...

Making suspenders

I lived with my Grandparents and worked in Birmingham... We had 2 children, boy and a girl....

A Nice Vacation

It was a lovely day and Winifred was wanting to visit Santa... She told her friends that they should go on...

Villige Girl

This is an interview with Zoe's grandmother. What did you do when the German bombers came over your...

VE and VJ Parades

I remember the two parades I was 6 years of age at the time on the VE parade I was dressed as...

Through the Open Window

It was a warm day and the window was often open. We lived in the country between Bristol and Bath, and I...

MRS WELSH

A 16-year-old boy called Phares Welsh was a messenger in the A.R.P. On a particular night, his mother told...

Fireworks

At the farm in the afternoons B17s used to come over the farm to their base. I always watched because of...

Supper by Helen Young

There was a lady living in London from Newcastle. She invited my friend Maude Belmont and I to use her bath...

Siren Suits by Helen Young

My sister, Alice, made siren suits for us because we were often awoken in the middle of the night while...

Gas Mask please?"

Once the sirens went off for a gas attack. As procedure, you would grab your mask and head straight for the...

Stratford Road Promary School, Notts.

Stratford Road Promary School, Notts. Rosemary is the blonde child by the barrow, perparing for the school...

Anderson Shelter by Helen Young

We therefore had a 'goodie stash;' we had things such as horlicks and ovaltine tablets kept in a...

VE Day

I suppose it must have been May 8th. I was just 5 years and 5 months old then, and I remember distinctly...

The Birth of First Daughter Sylvia

She went to a Ballroom to have her Daughter but I can't remember where It was....

Scouts had rationing too

My brother was in the scouts even when they went to camp they had rationing of food. Small amounts of...

Grandad The War Hero

When I was 9 years old the war broke out.Me and my sister Doreen were evacuated to the country with lots of...

The Waste of Life for 6 Years

My lasting Memory of World War II is鈥he waste of life for 6 years as Mr. Churchill said 鈥淛aw...

Long wait

My name is Ivan Hoath and the location of my story is Derbyshire... Nobody had guns or rifles and we spent...

8th Airforce and me

As a 12 year old boy I vividly remember waiting outside the Irwin Arms at Halton Leeds. I was waiting for...

V.E Day

my german family

I wanted to tell the story of my parents and how even when you have been fighting the enemy fot six...