In 1945 I lived in Hill View, Georgetown, Tedegar and one of the streets below was called Kimberley...
During the war, my father, who was in the navy, didn't like my mother to see him off at North Road...
My uncle was a Special Constable in his spare time and had many friends in the police, among local farmers,...
Charles William Hall Charles was a merchant seaman and was a British prisoner of war on the Altmark......
At weekends he was in the home guard at the Post Office in George Street Grays... We had a Civic restaurant...
Fruit was very scarce during the war years, bananas especially, so when I managed to get a banana, which I...
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Richard Kittow was born at Bridge Street, St. Blazey. In about 1942, while on leave, he got married to...
Although she was pleased that I had to go and fight the British rather than being sent to the Russian...
Rationing wasn't too bad with my mum, day and my son. Dad worked at Wheat Sheaf making shoes....
I think my brother Frank thoroughly enjoyed being here in Oswestry. He actually came back when he was in...
Photographs of the VE Day Celebrations at Creswell Road, Clowne, Derbyshire. I remember these photographs...
During this time I lived on a farm with my parents, 3 brothers and 1 sister, in rural Shtterford near...
The air raid shelter was near St. Margarets Bus Station... We went down the steps and went into an...
On VE day 1945 Drene Brennan led what she believes was the longest conga line ever - stretching the length...
My mum dished out tea and sympathy to the boys who came back from Dunkirk. Lots of them were stationed at...
The Yanks were stationed on Braunstone Park and they would never use the tins with dents in, so we would...
I thought Hitler was a Sod. But Hitler went and invaded the Low Countries and there was a message on the...
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