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15 October 2014
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Trowbridge: Soldiers in Town

The army barracks in Trowbridge had for many years been important in the life of the town - and part of its...

CHESHIRE MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II

After bookings had closed for the night we would all walk round to her home in the flats at 49 The...

Not in a Cellar

Jimmy Rich or 鈥極ur Jim鈥, as he was affectionately known by his family, was proud of his home...

Child in a small village during the war years

Our village, besides having a main railway line to the south running through it, was surrounded by RAF...

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Grandad's Tomatoes

A lasting memory of my beloved grandfather floods back every time I smell a tomato....

Saw the War from a Sanatorium

But Rosie and my grandma were addicted to snuff and were friends. My Auntie Myra went to the British Legion...

Bombed on Return from Evacuation!

Carrying one suitcase, a gas mask and a packet of sandwiches, we walked from our school, James Allen's...

MY WARTIME BUSINESSicon for Story with photo

I said 鈥淛ack went up over the border, up to Willie White's up at Killea,鈥 the big black hut...

Holiday Time in WW2

Even then my mum and dad had last minute worries - the flying bombs were falling on London and we just that...

Saved by fate - Joyce Ramm

That evening whilst I was on the bus going home, the bombing started over London. If I had not left London...

WW2 through My Mothers Eyes

At one point my Auntie went to work in an ammunition factory nearby whilst my Mum looked after the children...

My Cold And Hungry War

On Saturday mornings my older brother and me had to push the babies鈥 pram all the way down London...

Wiggin Family at War

In May and June 1940 the great escape from the Dunkirk beaches was being carried out, and Sgt. Wiggin now a...

Dunkirk - A Child's View

I was living with my mum and dad and my dad's mother in a three bedroomed house in Rochdale. I...

The Day I Discovered Peaceicon for Story with photo

Then there was the walk to the shops with Mum, brother and myself. My brother and I were told that...

Michael Daniels' War

I lived with my Mum and Dad in the village of Borough Green in Kent. Sitated some seven miles from West...

Lily's Story

During the Siege of Stalingrad we had a carnival - we begged , borrowed and stole and collected 拢98.00...

Teenage war

I was 15 years old when war broke out and a pupil at Hereford High School for Girls. Young girls were not...

'Sit Down, Shut Up, He's On!'

School I used to cycle to Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby... I remember that they tried to merge Lawrence...

The Lathams of Duke Street, OldTrafford

So, with my Dad pushing Mum in her wheelchair, me on her knee for most of the way and Freda walking...

Evacuation to Cumbria

I was not to remain with them on Mersy-side, however,but was sent to my aunt and uncle's house in...

Coming Home ?icon for Story with photo

The commanding officer gave Charles permission to visit Koblenz to find his parents and in a heart-warming...

Hazel鈥檚 War - Part 1. Evacuation.icon for Story with photo

When Chamberlain announced that we were at war, Dad took Pat and I back to the Island to stay with Gran in...

Ruby's Memoriesicon for Story with photo

Some Spanish merchant ships were impounded in British ports including Belfast and Londonderry. The next day...

Teenage Memories of Hanover

I applied for a job at an ex german ammunition depot, which was taken over by the British. The college I...

Growing Up In The War Years

At age 7yrs I went to a Convent school ran entirely by French nuns who listened in to the free French radio...

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