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Toys

They were black dolls, shoes made of felt, red and white spotty dresses, eyes were buttons and the hair was...

My Son, Robert Green.

My son Robert Green was 17 and a half when he signed up as a soldier....

Hungry Germans at the end of the Occupation of Guernsey

Mrs Irene Gosset interviewed by John Gaisford and Rosie Mere Transcribed and edited by John David from...

Thomasina, the Youngest of 13.

This story has been entered on the site at Durham Light Infantry Museum by a member of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Bus team......

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Working in an RAF Fixing Station

I worked on a Fixing Station - I was at RAF Colerne,. We would listen to their voice and if their voice...

My War Effort!icon for Story with photo

During the war I was evacuated with the National Savings Dept to Morecombe Lanc... As the work progresses...

Love and War

During the War he used to guard Buckingham Palace during the early years, and would boast that he got to...

Welsh Soldiers in Derby

I spent the war years in Derby. i remember going to the Co-op in Sunnyhill and collecting shrapnel... I...

My memories of World War II

Each night when the siren sounded, my father, stepmother sister and my baby son, Marc who was 18 months of...

A Tribute to Our Brothers

Clive was in Tobruk twice, he was seriously wounded in the first campaign, then sent back to North Africa...

When you're young...

It turned out that we were safe anyway as the pilot was that German from Oakengates and he didn't want...

Sowing Aircraft Wings

My twin sister and I worked for an aircraft factory in Middlesex. I remember sowing the aircraft wings with...

Pink Dressing Gown

My mother was a SOE Special Operations Excecutive, she was traveling in a troop truck with an army convoy...

AWOL in Norwich

AWOL in Norwich...

Are ya cleaning out the bird cage ma?!

We never had fridges in the war, and if we wanted to keep our butter from melting we had to put some...

"From Burma with Love"

I was working at Johnson's Pickle factory on Minerva Pier when Ivy was showing some photo's to the...

Annie Boyd Leading WREN

Annie Boyed was 15 years old at the outbreakof World War 2. Annie left her job after she was offered a part...

"The War's Over!"

Every year as a child we would come to the Isle of Man for a holiday away from the hussle and bussle...

‘Memories of Drews Stationers, Swindon’

Memories of Drews Stationers, Swindon’ This story told to Carol Young by her Mother, Gwen Beales, nee...

My childhood in the 2nd world war

My father had to go away to fight and I rememer the long,painful goodbye my mother had said... A lot of the...

His Eyes and my Grandfather's Legs.

My grandfather Tong was in the army, in the trenches, and was temporarily blinded by shrapnel. He was...

Fire Watching

He remembers being on leave in Darlington and watching a plane in difficulty flying over the town centre......

Veronica's Story

She looked up and saw a German plane flying down the railway line... When it had gone she went inside and...

A "Real Trooper"icon for Story with photo

The badge and insignia was that of the RA and whenever my parents took me out in my uniform, which I was...

On yer bikeicon for Story with photo

Monica King Kay M. Fryer Venitia John Peggy M. Smith Joy Young Hilda R. Trott. Behold the Dawn Sticky paper...

A holiday in Scarborough

On Thursday morning 30th August, a lorry pulled on to the sands laden with shovels, sacks and a hopper to...

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