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Leyton Blitz (J.Earthy)

Residing in Leyton, East London, I was evacuated as a boy of ten at the end of 1939. Once mother took me...

My Cold And Hungry War

On Saturday mornings my older brother and me had to push the babies’ pram all the way down London...

Maurice Taggart - An Infant in Greenock

My name is Maurice Taggart and I was born on the 4th of July1939, at Rankin Memorial Hospital in Greenock....

Child at War: In Becontree

Mum and dad believed fervently in the war against fascism. Dad had been one of those who'd turned out...

Childhood Memories: In Suffolk

These coupons which were a pound and a half a month.IE 1 e =a quarter of a pound 1 d = 2...

Memories of Childhood Days during the War

Father:John Alec Sidwell, RAF Sargeant 1545286 during the war Mother: Florence May Sidwell...

Through the Eyes of an Ossett Girl

I was then a pupil at Spa Street Primary School down Baptist Lane, Spa Street, Ossett and one of my...

Childrens evacuation: Wandsworth to Reading

Most of the pupils of Eltringham St. Elementary School were shepherded along to Wandsworth Town railway...

My World War 2 Experience

By the side of the co-op stores, now Scats stood an air raid warden, when we said where we lived, directed...

Memories of Belfast during the War Years

During the war years I lived in Thirlmere Gardens between the Antrim and Cavehill roads in Belfast. Apart...

Americans in Our Area

Amid the many changes and innovations brought about by the war, one thing that excited great curiosity and...

Bradford by the Sea

To live in Morecambe during the war was brilliant, Bradford by the sea, people called it, there were so...

'Sit Down, Shut Up, He's On!'

School I used to cycle to Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby... I remember that they tried to merge Lawrence...

The Lathams of Duke Street, OldTrafford

So, with my Dad pushing Mum in her wheelchair, me on her knee for most of the way and Freda walking...

Pea Picking with the Duchess

Then we moved to Barnwell in Northamptonshire and worked for the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on their...

Evacuation to Cumbria

I was not to remain with them on Mersy-side, however,but was sent to my aunt and uncle's house in...

One of the Lucky Ones - Part 4

It was the Sir John Leman Grammar School and was in the town of Beccles in Suffolk. But in 1943 with the...

A Shy Evacuee

I lived in a house with my widowed mother, my single Aunt Doll and Aunt Flo and Uncle Charles, their...

Childhood in London's War

I was very young but the images in my mind are still bright, photographs - if only there was a print button...

Without Dad

In Wales, in a house on a hill near Mold, we had a clear view of the searchlights as they swept the...

A Quiet War

Rural Wharfedale was the next valley to the industrialised River Aire flowing through Leeds... My cousins...

Childhood Memories of Birmingham and Northampton

We then left Birmingham because of the bombings and we moved back to Northampton- that's where my...

A Weapons Expert; at the age of 10!

The next thing we discovered were unused Thunder-flashes, these were every boy's monster banger and...

Childhood Wartime Memories:In Luton

I well remember on one occasion waking up to find no Mum or Dad there and feeling very responsible for my...

Some had Never Seen a Cow Before.

Officers moved into Burbage Hall in 1944... The library only had adult books, so we used to read them,...

Memories of World War II

I can still recall vivid images of George Lane STation ablaze after an air-raid as we travelled home on the...