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My Family during the War in France

At the end of June we all went to live in Pontorson for the four years of the German Occupation, Papa still...

From Bullets To Buttons

My dad was with us , he had waked over the fields from Loscoe Miners Welfare, where he was the steward.We...

War Years 1939-1945 Dover Part 2

Walk in the middle of the road", dad said, "and keep your eye on the skyline, look around you and...

War for Nita

Children were evacuated to our area from the areas which were thought to be most at risk from the expected...

Moving Around

We drove there in the summer of 1940, first to Hassop Hall where we left my 13 year old brother, and then...

War Years 1939-1945 Dover Part 1

Dr Brennan was in charge of it all and had his sick bay at "Sidney Villas" opposite our house at...

Mum's Recollections of WW2 (part 1)

Dad gave Betty and I a shilling and a big grin and lots of kisses as he got on the train, we...

Dad's Journey,Mum's Loss: A Lifetime of Missing

Mum and Dad had only enjoyed eighteen months of marriage when war was declared, their son John only eleven...

Recollections

As a small boy, I tried to talk to my grandfather about what had happened to him when he was in France...

Mother's Letters - 9

Willie was through the weekend before and spent Saturday evening with Willie & Eva and met Annie &...

Bus Stop (Chapter 5)

So Bill, remembering how happy I had been on the trams, decided to join London Transport himself and became...

My Childhood in the War

Our parents made things for us, mothers and grandmothers knitted dolls and soft toys the men folk that were...

My Experiences during the War

Unfortunately there were too many children for this small hamlet so we were taken on to Leigh near...

Family Experiences at War: In Stepney and the RAF

At that time my Mum and I and my younger brother were living at 73 Exmouth Street, Stepney London. We had...

The Night that Changed Our Lives.

Mum replied 'I've broken my ankle' so Dad took Jan and me over to the Nurses Home which was...

Jimmie's War

The altar servers and the choir were surprised when our parish priest, Father Francis Holmes, invited us...

A Young German`s Life 1943-45

The following autobiographical report of what it was like to be a young German boy during WW2 was sent to...

Hollins Family at War:

My father-in-law, Captain Bill Rowe, of Brockworth Lodge, was a British Army Dental Surgeon, attached to...

War-Time on St Mary's Island

When the war started they decided to let their house in Seaton Sluice to a naval officer and his wife and...

Mother's letters - 8

Florence is in Manchester today at a meeting, so she will see for herself the damage done by bombs....

A Childs Perspective

1 lived in what was commonly known as London's " Bomb Alley" boundaries on all sides of the...

My Return

The trees looked newly washed, the flowers in the garden seemed much brighter. the scent of honeysuckle was...

My War Years: Childhood Memories of Chartwell: Part 2

Recently I read the "Churchill Bulletins, Jan - June 1935" and was very interested to read...

Straws in the Wind

Determined not to allow my parents' sacrifices to fade away into the mists of time, I resolved to do...

June Evans' Story

Soon we were to hear the anti-aircraft gun, based in Swanshurst Park, fire across our house too, apparently...

A Family Returns to Norfolk

In 1944 Father was finally transferred to West Beckham radar station, near Sheringham in Norfolk. During...