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The Night the Bombs Fell on Dundee

That night, my young sister, who was 10陆 years old, myself (12), and my two cousins, Nancy and Bobby...

Evacuation as a Child in WW2

I was evacuated in September 1939 with an older brother and a younger sister to Hassocks in Sussex. We were...

Boyhood Memories of WWII

I am Lewis Atkinson and I was born in Aycliffe Village, County Durham in 1934. My father, John Atkinson,...

The Greenock Blitz

We had an excellent view of the main Glasgow-Gourock railway line, and beyond that Scotts Shipbuilding...

"The Day The War Broke out"

We heard the noise of aircraft and it looked like the Luftwaffe were bombing Slough, one aircraft broke...

No Blitz, No Me and My Uncle, the Bevan Boy

With the ferocity of the London Blitz, my grandmother and her children were evacuated to the West Midlands,...

Wartime Memories: Childhood Memories of Dunkirk

When he eventually arrived at the Dunkirk beaches German fighters were machine gunning them, officers were...

The Day War Broke Out

Careless Talk Costs Lives"; another was a terrifying illustration of a red-eyed, steel helmeted German...

Hitler Bombed Our School

We didn't realise that the bombs that night were probably intended to land on the railway, Upminster...

Evacuation

In November 1940 my sister and I were evacuated with other children from our school in Colmore Road, Kings...

Growing Up in Wartime: Evacuated to Folkestone

Here we slept most nights in basic wooden bunk beds with hot drinks served from a thermos.When the interior...

Evacuation: To Rhuddlan in Wales

Mum and I were sent to Rhuddlan in North Wales, about three miles from Rhyl... Jimmy, the son, subjected me...

The Arrival of Children Evacuated from London in Aylesbury.

Immediately prior to the outbreak of was, the Senior W.V.S. officer in Aylesbury was the Countess of...

Was he the First British Civilian Casualty of World War 2?

There were several entrances to the cellar and a number of us that included eric nutcher made our way to...

Joanne Dorrington-How Will Father Christmas Find Us?

Joanne Dorrington-How Will Father Christmas Find Us. We stayed with friend s from Flixton over Christmas,...

Childhood Memories of WW2

He saw no point in my mother and me remaining in Birmingham with all the horrors that were to follow so we...

The Four and A Half Year Holiday by Vera Jensen

My eldest brother joined the navy, sailing round the world on a destroyer - he was only 16 and put his age...

Recollections of Colin Metcalfe, Part 4 : D-Day, Gen Miller, Doodlebugs and the end of the war

Recollections of Colin Metcalfe, Part 4 : D-Day, Gen Miller, Doodlebugs and the end of the war. With D-Day...

Memories of World War 2 and the Effect it Had on My Family: Childhood Memories of North Camp

My Father was still away training new recruits to ride motor cycles and become dispache riders, it was a...

Village Life

I lived in Walberton, a village between Ford and Tangmere aerodromes. My cousin who was staying with us...

Memories of a WW2 Baby

We lived in East Anglia for a while until Dad was posted to Burma and then Mum and I moved back to...

Some Recollections of WW2 Evacuated to Minehead

In great excitement, I left my treasured dinky cars parked inside makeshift garages made in the moist sand...

1940 Margate

Later in 1944 we had a blast bomb land on my mates Anderson Shelter, but although his family used it every...

Growing up

I was evacuated on the 16th September, my mum's birthday, to Bedford, Kimbolton Road for one year and...

A Letter Full of Tears

Mrs. Joan Twyman is the wife of a previous Mayor of Margate and Chairman of the Local Council. On the day...

The Bombing Starts 1940 - Diana Harding nee Major.

My mother and young brother decided they would brave it out in London, in The Dock Area hoping that nothing...