´óÏó´«Ã½

Explore the ´óÏó´«Ã½
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

15 October 2014
WW2 - People's War

´óÏó´«Ã½ Homepage
´óÏó´«Ã½ History
WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site

Contact Us

You are browsing in:

Archive List > Childhood and Evacuation

Stories categorised in 'Childhood and Evacuation'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

More stories

Nursery School History Picture 6 of 6icon for Story with photo

Here's the last one- historical pictures of Park Road West Methodist Nursery School in 1942....

FIRST CAR RIDE, FIRST PARTY. (Pic. 8)icon for Story with photo

Theold 'Court House' Harrow, has prison cells beneath it. Prisoners were move to the back cells and...

School

My Grandma and Grandad have two different recollections about their school life during WWII... My Grandma,...

Gas Masks

I was a child of 5 when the war started and I was at school in Birmingham. We used to have to...

Photo Gallery
Childhood and Evacuation Photo Gallerylink to gallery

Photos that were contributed with stories in this category.

icon for Story with photoStory with photo

Testing

Living with the Germans - kindness

Two privates made friends with my uncle. They were very good they had one square of black husk bread a day,...

War years

I was eleven years old at Christmas 1939 and remember my Dad `shussing` me while we listened to Neville...

My father's story

I have a book wich was written about my father,s exape from narzi germany It is called " i was...

Ken

Does anyone out there have any details on Elwyn Jones. everyone called him Ken I think he died between the...

First Car Ride, First Party. (Pic.1)icon for Story with photo

Bobby, Betty and Wyn in the garden. But changes had started, the livingroom window is now blacked out so...

A2845073 - Lost Father

Looking for lost father anybody who knows of Steven Dunn Sapper Royal Engineer, Army Number 14538929...

My memory of V.E. Day is

Everyone with lights on and curtains undrawn — no more blackout. A friend's mother had a huge...

An evacuee

My pregnant mother had been evacuated from Hastings, Sussex because of the bombing. We returned to Hastings...

FIRST CAR RIDE, FIRST PARTY. (Pic.2)icon for Story with photo

FIRST CAR RIDE, FIRST PARTY. Joined by cousin Joyce we are still at play, but Bobby wares his tin helmet,...

Student life in Cambridge during the War

the german powcamp next door

the german powcamp next door...

Madge Davies's story

I was a Petty Officer in the W.R.N.S. in Warrington... I lived in a house with other Wrens where the house...

My earliet memory

Although I have no memories of the war itself my father was a fighter pilot in the RAF. He was killed the...

Evacuation from Salford

My lasting Memory of World War II is…being evacuated from Salford to Aston in Furness....

Wartime Recollections of a young child

He was in the Royal Artillery....

My memory of V.E. Day is:

Going to town with my brother and joining the crowd in Albert Square, which was absolutely crammed full...

Sky full of planes

I remember sitting in my back garden in Llanlen, Abergavenny when I was 8 years old when all I could see...

Weed a Basin

I have recently wriiten about my stay in Ferndale during the war.What I want is a Welsh lady or gent to...

Child's gas mask: Scotlandicon for Story with photo

Child's gas mask: Scotland...

Tight Squeeze

About the age of 6 or 7, we had an indoor shelter in the living room of a small terraced house in...

My Memory of VE Day

No leave for VE Day but home for VJ Day. That was fun the piano in the street and plenty of singing...

Explore the archive
Browse the full archive list

Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the ´óÏó´«Ã½. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced.



About the ´óÏó´«Ã½ | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy
Ìý