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A childhood in a wartime garrison town

I remember the night the clothing companywas bombed and burnt down, also the brave bus driver who drove a...

My Grandpa during world war 2

My grandpa was a sailor in the Polish navy on a ship called the OPR Blyskavica which means Ship of the...

Imprisoned by the Japanese

I was five years of age and my parents were teachers in the Dutch East Indies when the Japanese invaded....

Fishing under Guard during the German Occupation of Guernsey

Martha Martel interviewed by Lynne Ashton of the Guernsey Museum. And then my Father used to go fishing,...

The submarines

I remember during the war he was taking two female prisoners on a boat to Antigua because there was no...

Married to the butcher

We lived near Trafford Park, and that was very big on arms, so it was quite a risky spot. I don't know...

Life on 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...

The front of the programme - Behold the Dawn

We made a collection for the Prisoners’ of War fund and managed to raise £3-10s. Behold the Dawn...

Stubborn Soldier

He was not responding to all my antics and a friend of mine came to me and said “What are you doing,...

Taking a knock

Not so amusing was the incident when I received the order to steer the ship into the wind for the purpose...

My Parents' Wartime Memories

Alex escaped from war camp by boat and came to Bristol and got married in Bristol to my mother. My mother...

Russell Dicks memories of VE Day

I came to London with a friend of mine Ronny Lucas who lived in Thornton Heath in Surrey - which is where...

Directing Pilots by a Fixing Station

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

ADVENTURE

When the First World War started, my Great Grandad Thompson, and his cousin, my Great Uncle Jack, were that...

Dad

My dad was in the RAF football team, he travelled around India, though when he reached Calcutta he...

The war as it was for me

The men hadn't had their tea, and they bombed us for seven hours!.. My husband and the man next door...

Standing At The Bottom Of Hartlip Hill

He went to Canterbury to do his training and I moved in with my mum in Hartlip... I remember standing at...

my brother jack

my brother jack...

Civilian Life

Pat Lacey was 4 and half years old when world war two broke out. The Second World War was a cold war...

Holidays at Collwyn Bay

We lived in Stockport and I have great memories of Manchester being bombed and spending hours in our...

WW"

I lived at Glencraig, Co,Down during WW2 with my parents Edward and Elizabeth Caves and my brother Ronald....

my brother jack

my brother jack...

Women At War Memorial

The memorial was financed by public donation and the Heritage Lottery Fund, and was the culmination of a...

WW2 in Timperley, 1939-45

There were four daughters, we lived in Timperley. Two of the sisters decided to join the Free French in...

My Parents war

My parents passed their wartime memories on to me on my fathers side he was in the Royal Signals in India...

G.I Christmas Party in Derbyshire

This is a story about my dad, Albert Allen as remembered by me... It was near a US Air Force base and...