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Not Too Old To Knit

When Alderman H. Collar, Mayor of Heston and Isleworth in 1939 made an appeal to the burgesses to knit...

On the German Side

Hamburg had been horrifically bombed in July 1943, and as there were none of the amenities of civilisation...

A Child in the Battle of Britain

After a short while in Gestingthorpe with a straw bale shelter behind the church, we found to our dismay...

School Days

At school one gymnasium became a packing department and instead of a P.T. lesson we packed greasy little...

Paisley in World War II

So Paisley, Clydebank, Govan and Renfrew were all targets for the bombers. Working life My father worked at...

"You Owe Me Three Quid!"

One day, after leaving the castle, I discovered that my bike had been stolen and on the way home I reported...

My Memories of Wickford During the War

Wickford Broadway was one mass of incendiary bombs. In 1940, my two cousins and I were sleeping downstairs...

One Thursday Afternoon

Tunbridge Wells did not survive the war unscathed, with notorious bombs dropping on Woolworth's and up...

THE AMERICANS IN MOURNE

Kilkeel, while my mother was raised in Banbridge, and even though they were very young at the time of World...

From London Evacuee to London Employee by Joyce Mackay (nee Allen)

Myself and my two brothers were transferred to St Clair's in South Wales, and I stayed with the local...

My War, South London

In a short time, we three girls were attending St. Katherine's school near Taunton: I as a boarder, and...

Memories of Growing up in Wartime

Even though there was a complete Blackout with A.R.P. Wardens shouting 'Put out that torch!' we...

Special Constable No.16

The first time he made use of this novel idea was early in the morning when the siren sounded, and Father...

Halloween and Bonfire Night 1940

We were Church of England, my cousin Geoffrey and me, and were members of the choir at St Michael's and...

LIVING WITH THE GERMANS - The good……

Although it was rather funny, because the Austrian did not trust the German, well, when I say didn't...

Village Life: Northamptonshire

A searchlight battery was brought to Hackleton Hill Farm, and some of the soldiers had dates with the...

Girl Power @ The Fishmarket

So, the "girls" stepped in and my mother Evelyn and Tom's wife Rose took over, although Mum was...

Schoolgirl memories

However, in the days that followed it appeared that the Germans were sending a new horror to London in the...

A Bedford Resident's Memories of the Deutche Berate in Udine

After the occupation of Udine by the Germans, my two brothers, myself and my fiance took refuge in the...

Stories from Welling by Peter John Caplin

These stories were submitted to the People War's site by Jane Van de Ban of CSV Media on behalf of...

West Bay During the War Years

Father was very busy with the shop - he was very short-staffed - it was a grocery shop and he had a...

A FAMILY AT WAR-ALBERT FINDLOW

His lads were William, Arthur, John, Harold, Albert, Wilfred, James, Fred and Frank. Between the years 1940...

Life in a Cornish Pub

Obviously life was changed by the war, Perranporth Aerodrome was nearby and Many different nationalities...

Life During the war

The horses were kept in stables next door to the Co-op. On reaching home my mum and I went to get some...

My War in East London

When the walls, grit and dust had stopped falling he went along the hall and called out to us all —...

Enfield During the War

When the bombing used to commence, Bufus guns on wheels were placed at each end of our street, because the...