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Rickie's Story

I was born in London of Italian parents and my life changed when World War II started, as it did for...

Schooling and Sardine Pie in Surrey

Anti-aircraft guns would attack the German bombers as they approached London. My friend's father grew...

Evacuation

We went back to Liverpool just before the 8 day bombing of Liverpool, for those 8 days we spent from 6.00pm...

65 Year Quest for Archive Footage of an RAF Aircraftman Missing presumed Dead

The official report of the Heligoland battle stated that ''The laurels go to the Wellington...

Doris Terry's Story

Les was stationed in Whitehall and was living with my mum and dad in Cornwall Street where Pimlico Modern...

West Norwood at War

There were many bombs in the locality and it was thought that the germans were aiming for the TANNOY...

Blondie, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Remembers the Soldiers Who Made Toys for Her

But I have vivid memories of the way we lived: a solid fuel fire in the kitchen, 2 paraffin heaters to cook...

Out of The Cubby Hole

Clydebank was also a submarine base, which meant it was a huge target for the German bombers, but the...

A Little Girl's Wartime Memories of London and Buckinghamshire

It must have been at the start of the London blitz in 1940 that he insisted that I, accompanied by my...

Childhood in Wartime

This lady was to become my Auntie Joyce after marrying Uncle Sam a year later. My Uncle had met her in...

Life in Madeley and Kemberton

Some mothers, whose homes had been bombed in Liverpool came to Madeley and Kemberton to rejoin their...

Childhood Memories of WW2

MEMORIES OF WW2 1 939 I was five wears old and living with my Mum and Dad In Clapham, South London when...

Mother's letters - 4

Edie made both bride and bridesmaid's frocks, Anne's white lace over soft white silk and Mary's...

Roy鈥檚 Memories in Eastbourne

Our landlord, who lived in Spencer Court, ran out across the road into a brick and concrete shelter built...

Wartime Memories in a Seaside Town

Back in Brighton and Hove there was barbed wire along the beaches and times were hard for the fishermen as...

Boarding School in Sussex at three in 1943

Apparently it was reported in the London papers and my uncle told me that my mother was panic stricken...

A Big Family's War

When the air raid siren went off during the day the teacher would instruct the children in times tables or...

Mum, Dad & Uncle John.

They had six more children at Silverwood: Lesley died in childhood, Joe followed, then Nora (1912), John...

Wartime Schooldays

What had happened was that a small bomb had dropped outside a house nearly opposite and blown the front off...

Life in the war: Lander's story

Lander recalled that the rations his wife had were hard... Landers experiences of evacuation were that his...

Childhood Exploits

Burnham was en route to London so we saw lots of bombers going over. The float was made of balsa wood, and...

The Swain Family Story

My dear Mum at 8 Carrill Drive, my sister in Macclesfield billeted with the family of the Town Clerk of...

My Childhood during the War (Ferndale)

My Father visited many Countries Jerusalem,Beirut,Gaza and many more to many to mention.My mother was a...

Recollections of a Wartime Childhood (Part 1)

The following account of my 鈥淩ecollections of a Wartime Childhood鈥� was first published in a...

Elsie Barker's War

I was married in 1943 at Chatburn when Billy was on leave. But one Saturday I'd just got Robin into his...

WW2 Memories

He was also a member of the Auxiliary Fie Service, and once on duty, despite trapping his hand hitching up...