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15 October 2014
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Northholt Airport

Another man came in the hairdressers shop and suddenly he said he did his training in Wales and he knew my...

Memories of A Pen Pal

JOAN TROMBLEY BARKERS BUTTS LANE COVENTRY. They corresponded until Joan signed up for something -- Mom...

George Lord's War Photographs No. 3icon for Story with photo

George Lord's War Photographs No. 3...

Coal

Jim was delivering coal to farms in Lincolnshire and travelling further than he should have been... To his...

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Filmed messages sent home

I am writing on behalf of my cousin who would be thrilled to know if any other family remembers the...

The Longest conga in historyicon for Story with photo

On VE day 1945 Drene Brennan led what she believes was the longest conga line ever - stretching the length...

Kathleen Boyle Page 2

Many children, particularly from Middlesbrough, gad already been shipped to Canada and America... It was...

was there a war

Lots of things 6... Aberdeen shire near Aberdeen 13....

Anthony Averies Memories of WW2. As told by himself.

When my Mam heard that Coventry had been bombed, she was very worried because my Dad, Walter, was working...

Anyone want a bike

They would ask us lads to look after their bikes so they would not get stolen, and they would pay us for...

Loving The Land Army

When I heard about the Land Army I just knew that was for me so I joined at 17....

18 during the war

My first job after leaving school age 14 I worked in wineding at henry ewins box making from there went on...

Stealing from the Germans hinders joining British Forces

My brother Gerald 13 yrs was with mum & sister & Uncle Art in Guernsey during war, Gerald & his...

Cold Toast

My mother had done some toast with treacle on, and with this in my hand out we went, and in the confusion,...

Clowne Photographs No. 5icon for Story with photo

Photographs of the VE Day Celebrations at Creswell Road, Clowne, Derbyshire. I remember these photographs...

aanother sad war story

He often wrote letters in Alt-deutsch which is old german so the French couldn't understand it. 4 Years...

Frozen-In Convoying Food to Russia

During the war he was sunk twice once was on a trip from England to the North of Russia while they were...

The "Short" Kiss Goodnight

It was far too serious to be joking about said my father but Bill teased him all the more once he knew...

Not in your shed will they wait

During the raids in Nottingham we were evacuated from St Philips School to Burton Joyce. Myself and my...

Rosemary's father returns - a stranger no more

To keep William's name alive for Rosemary her mother would keep on saying "Your Daddy's in...

Band Mates

I was in a band that used to go to Germany regularly and we made great friends with a German bandsman, he...

Meeting my husband and war work

I was seeing a lad who was in the terratorials. i got called up to an amunition factory in Grantham,...

On the train to Scotland

We lived in Romford and stayed together as a family through the war, but when the doodle bugs started my...

Loss of a childhood friend.

When I returned to Ealing after being evacuated to Cornwall for some time, I wanted to go and visit my best...

Hunting for Poland

When I was 8 we were told that Germany had invaded Poland. We had no idea where Poland was so I ran...

John Gallienne killed by a mine

There was a young lad which I knew very well, he was about fourteen or fifteen, Alfred John Gallienne... I...

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