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Mother's letters - 10

The train was late and Mabel met me as Ian had gone for a hair cut. I am so pleased to have...

Helen鈥檚 Story

Helen was born, eleven years before the outbreak of war, in an isolated village near Hull where her father...

A Child's Story

Another rented house was found at 11 Endsleigh Gardens, Upton by Chester, and I started at Hollybank...

A London Evacuee in Somerset

Three months later mum, dad and my younger sister and brother came to visit. Bombs started dropping nearby...

Bombings in Cannock,Daventry and Coventry

The Bomb Squad came and defused it but the authorities told us we had to move so Mum & I went to...

Colin Thompson-Things I remember

Fortunately, we went for a few days holiday to the North Devon coast.Whilst we were there the farmhouse was...

The Lost Years

Then we got home in time to see the bombing of the London docks starting on saturday afternoon, a horrific...

Mother and Daughter Reminisce about Life in London and Dunstable

At that time there was lots of bombing at the docks, where it was very, very bad; of course my husband...

'I Suppose They Think I'm Dead!'

I lived in the married quarters of Aldershot with my husband, Reg, who was a soldier... Reg was stationed...

Evacuation and escape from Northampton!

She saw I was upset and after a meal and a nice cup of tea she took me to the Police Station...

Wartime in Widnes: My Memories

Wartime in Widnes, My Memories. My name was Muriel Coombs and I am one of five children, two girls and...

Mother's Letters - 7

I would have liked to have been at Kirkcaldy to see Billy with his first Christmas but that was just...

Staying Together: Family Life in Wartime Dudley

When Dr Doyle came and looked after Mum, Nan said, 鈥榳hat do I owe you? Mum or Nan would cook it with...

A Wartime Childhood in a Leicestershire Village

The village siren was on the roof of the King William pub and the one and only fire engine was based in...

Dolly's War Days

Before the war there was a free bus service from Birchington and Acol to RAF Manston and this was used by...

'War Years of George Family from Walton Village'

My father Frederick was just 16 yrs old when he became the manager of the local butchers shop called...

Pat's War in Liverpool and around

A few weeks after war broke out Pat was sent to Bridgenorth with a friend called Bunty Linacre. As things...

Memories of Country and Town During the War

My father was a prison officer at Wakefield Prison and we lived with my Granny not far away from the...

From Pillar to Post - Part 3

Notice boards informed inmates of areas in the city badly blitzed and it was no surprise to mum when her...

Living and Working in Kidderminster

My sister was weaving blankets in the local Carpet Factory and I was employed at 25 MU R.A.F. Hartlebury in...

A Few Recollecctions of the War

We would watch the contrails of the aircraft and hear the guns firing and it was perfect bliss for young...

My Life in the London and WAAF - Elsie Read

When the pilot fired the gun the camera would go off at the same time and if the target was hit it...

My Childhood Memories of the Home Front during World War Two

Later, Dad was posted abroad, and although the British Forces were not to tell anyone where they were...

Exeter Remembers the War

My father Wystan Toyne was a solicitor in Birchington, Kent and in 1939 decided that the war was too close...

Enid's War, St Agnes Cornwall

I met James 鈥淎lfie鈥� Kneebone, and we started courting, he lived in Rosemundy cottages with his...

My Wartime Childhood Years

We stayed in Scotland for 3 years until Dad's ship was sent to Belfast where we once again joined him....