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From Leytonstone to the country -1940/1943

There are so many memories of that church: the Vicar, Rev R S Mitchison, had served as an officer in the...

Working at Raine and Company ("the Delta")

It was like a scene from Hades when the molten iron came out the men had these suspended tongs, which they...

Boyhood Wartime Adventures by Donald Phillips

My brother Jack and I were evacuated to Sittingbourne, which was 8 miles nearer the enemy! My mother was...

Mavis Bryant's story

We used to go to dances in what is now the Senior Citizens, used to be the Public Hall... There was a...

B17 Crash: At Ubbeston, Suffolk

Further Comments: The crash was attended by Military Police from Theberton / Leiston Airfield who took the...

There and Back Again

At home in Belvedere, Abbey Wood. Sennybridge and Defynnog, South Wales....

Childhood Memories of the bombing At Pennyburn, 1941

We lived at 20 Collon Terrace in the Pennyburn district of Derry. Earlier that evening some children called...

Brian Grassby's Story

They had some on the Racecourse, I think they were Indians, used to be in the Racecourse place. They used...

Arsenal Evacuee Memories

From Stevenage we were sent out in groups — the Arsenal group went to Codicote and assembled in the...

Evacuee's letter to his Mother in London

I have got to make some more for another lady and Auntie Clara as well so do you think you could get...

I Couldn't Find My Socks

I was feverish and weak, as I lay snuggled in my Mam's bed in a house that was empty and silent......

Ondre's Memories of WW2

One night my cousin Tony and my Auntie Joyce were staying and we were sitting in front of the fire when a...

Evacuated to Canada then on to India

I was then sent to Boarding School in Toronto, and my brother and Mother went across Canada and then the...

Childhood Memories, Sutton Hoo

I lived near Sutton Hoo, as did my friend, Patrick Smith, during World War II. The airfield at Bentwaters...

The Home Front

He brought lots of food, usually tins that he had salvaged from burnt out warehouses. The work was very...

The Anderson Shelter

The back and front panels were put in place, gaps around the sides were filled with earth, the top was...

Eileen Westbrook

Eileen and her sister Jean were evacuated from London just before the 3rd of September 1939, she was 12...

The Day Before War Broke Out. Blackpool

Finally, at dusk, a policeman cycled into the depot followed by three buses which parked away from the...

Interview with Eileen Westbrook From World War 2

Eileen and her sister jean were evacuated from London just before the 3rd of September 1939, she was 12...

Pattiswick in 1940

Petrol was not rationed at that time so Dad took us alI his huge Essex Super Six to see the plane. My...

Lancashire Evacuee

Who but a "saint" would take 6 tired, hungry, dirty kids, especially all boys into her lovely home...

Return to London: Evacuation to Isle of Bute via Devon and Dorset

The Isle of Bute, West coast of Scotland is on the direct line from Glasgow using the steam ferry from...

Work in a War Nursery

I had a choice of two and went to North Dorset, where a nursery had been established in the country mansion...

Borland's World War II Part 3

When he got to Rothesay my sister was in bed with chicken pox. Apparently a German bomber was being chased...

Digging for Victory in Sapcote.

There was one French family renting a house in Sapcote, with a girl and a boy... There was a factory in...

My Parents: Harry and Ivy Taylor

He was evacuated a few times and my parents told me heart-rending stories about borrowing cars and driving...