大象传媒

A Young Army Wife from Guernsey

After being home a few weeks John wrote & said they were stationed in Colchester and his friend &...

An Alien's daughter's story

My father, Francesco, was born in Italy, near Monte Casino, but came to England before the First World War...

Love 40

Steve: Ouch that's bloody hot still Ethel: Oh God! Dimly seen bedroom scene Two figures in bed A voice...

A truly great escape

Many anxious weeks passed before Tommy the postman could be seen waving a letter, the first to be received...

Journey without a Ticket-Siberia and beyond!

The story I am about to relate is written in memory of my late mother, Jadwiga and my late grandparents,...

Halina's War

I had a very happy childhood in Grzybow, near Slonim, in East Poland, not far from the Russian border....

Interview with Dorothy Frankish

The factory was Bells Asbestos firstly near Trinity Church in Higher Broughton and then we went to larger...

'Married to the Navy'.

My name is Ivy Coleman, the fourth daughter of Henry and Nellie Johnston of Glyde Path Road, Dorchester,...

Lettuce Sandwiches & Cocoa

We were on holiday at Cleethorpes when the war began,on many of the photos there I am sitting on a donkey...

The Land Army Champion Chaff Carriers

Before the land army, there was seven of us going out at 9 o'clock, and mum would say 鈥淚f...

Married life during WW2

I remember a Mr. Rance who was a tall, handsome young man with three children, but he had lost both arms....

What my father told me of the German Occupation of Guernsey

In fact, he went to the harbour several times to try and get mum returned, I think her sisters who had...

Letters of Wallace McNicol (Home Front), to Alfred McNicol serving a photographer in Palestine and Egypt, 1943-1945, Part 3

Firstly, the Christian assumes there is a 鈥楪od鈥� on the firstly safe and utterly reasonable...

The ENSA Years of 鈥楾he Norris Trio鈥� Part 1 - 鈥楽inbad the Sailor鈥�

The Norris Trio鈥� comprised Muriel, Maisie and Max Norris. On August 9, 1931, Pansie Marjorie Muriel...

Memories of Margaret , Eve and Beatrice

Two light cruisers, Ajax and Achilles chased the Admiral Graf Spee through the South Atlantic into...

England expects everyman to do his duty (& women too!)

The officers were all very nice; real gentlemen who treated girls properly. I still keep in touch with one...

**The 5.30 Train to Romance**

A few months later, Ed phoned to say that he was coming to London with his wife, mainly to go over old...

Howard Woodcock - 大象传媒 Radio Interview With Jack Shaw, Part Three.

This is a transcript made from an audio recording of a 大象传媒 radio interview between Howard Woodcock and Jack...

Richards Story

Richard can remember asking his mother why her finger and toe nails were so different and she told him the...

鈥淲elcome back to Whitehaven, Tom!鈥�

Mr and Mrs Curnow had given a home to another young evacuee from the North East called Billy Conlin, who...

War time in Suffolk by Eileen Smy

However, as he was being sewn into a rice sack and being prepared to be buried in a grave, the Captain...

Child of the liberation

That's how my grandmother, Anna, met George Wright, a slender fellow with black curly hair, eyes like...

My Life-The Story of a German Jew-Part Two

We were asked to attend the unveiling of a memorial to the Jewish families that used to live in the town...

THE BEGINNING OF THE WAR IN HOLLAND

We were carefree and studying at Leiden, when suddenly at 6 o'clock in the morning Felie comes:...

Father I never knew

Mrs Fox, Fish and Forks

Ernest was sent away to the Isles of Bute for tough Army training, but missed two call ups, one to...