1941 was to me the year of change, for my Family and myself, and for the remainder of my life, I well...
All doubts about who they were disappeared as they moved towards door but before they could reach it, the...
I followed quietly, and found mother holding Dads lifeless hand, Ruth still supporting herself against...
Mum gave Dad a last minute message, to get Gran and my Uncle George to leave their home in Clapham and use...
One of the damaged balloons was washed ashore at Barricane beach and was fabricated into a boat by Jinka...
The following day Dad and uncle Charlie had a minor row about some damage to flowers in his garden which...
Doll went up to St Pauls in London to hear a sermon and then, while the King, Queen and Churchill waved...
Dad killed her and Mum plucked and drew her, as she normally did with the Christmas birds, cooked her to a...
The few Navy ships that are available are with the little boats trying to protect them but unfortunately...
Still I waited, listening to the dreadful news on the wireless, Malaya and Singapore had fallen, Rangoon...
The park itself had extensive woods and beautifully kept lawns which surrounded a decent size lake that at...
Dad, in the Specials, had to leave us and go home early, and Ken went with him as his schooling was...
The sky was very bright one night, following a big incendiary raid, reflecting the fires from the...
The pavement underneath the lamp was used for 'Itchy Dabber' - you would slide a heavy stone or an...
The dances started fairly early in the evening as the dancers would have to be back home before curfew at...
These were just a few which were forever assailing our ears,especially in the newsreels at the pictures and...
Most of the shrapnel was steel fragments from anti-aircraft shells but there were all sorts of bits of...
When I was still evacuated I hardly went to school but we had separate schools from the local children,...
This same day my Sister, Granny, 4 year old brother, and I went along Drayton Road and at the spot where my...
Meanwhile, my sister Doris, a voluntary St. John's nurse, had joined the Ambulance Brigade, and in the...
Ron was fully occupied with his army training at Catterick and also taking part in the sports programme,...
We spent a large proportion of our leisure time, out on our "bikes", aircraft spotting, We used to...
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