大象传媒

An Island Military Family (Chapter 1)

H served on a hospital ship during the first world war and was involved in moving casualties from France...

A little too late

I was stationed in Leicestershire, near where Twycross Zoo is today and had a boyfriend called John....

Feast Day Doll

The Japanese who were taken prisoner were sent to work on this, dad was in charge of them all, as they were...

大象传媒 musician billeted in Kempston

The following memories of Mrs. Mavis Hedger were recorded at the VE/VJ Celebrations event at the Castle...

Dining Hall - Kibbuy

Safeguarding the secrecy of military operations Marlborough Theatre 鈥� 鈥淣ow or Never鈥� A...

A child of a Jeweller in WW2

Consequently my mother became very nervous about security should a wall of the property be 'blown...

Wartime Spirit

As time went by we had warships sailing to and from to Canada collecting food rations for us in England....

Bad behaviour of billeted German Officers in Guernsey

Now he and his chauffeur stayed with us for quite a while, they were quite reasonably behaved for a while,...

Across the barricades

I think we did very well during the war, because my grandma had a little shop and we had a market garden...

Memories of a working teenager in Shrewsbury

Then the man there came home drunk and left the door open - he got blown out on the settee, his wife...

Childhood Memories

The family I joined was a large one, Mum and Dad, two sisters and four brothers. We lived in a northern...

About Me

My father went into the forces and finished as a Prisoner of War in Japan. I remember my mother used to go...

Staying with Granny

My main memory of my time during the war was in the summertime when my sister, my two cousins and myself...

'Outside during an Air Raid'

I was about 18 or 19 at the time and on this day Newark was being bombed at the ball bearing factory...

Granny's Close Chave

I used to visit my granny Mrs Eliza Burt every Sunday and she lived in the almshouses at the bottom of...

Re: Never Mention Winston Churchill!

I do remember going in friend's houses and being told 鈥榥ever mention Winston Churchill in the...

Froth

I remember another time my Mum saying she had got some butter鈥ou know butter and things like that...

1940 Wedding

They were married in 1940 by Walter S. Watt, Minister at Arthurlie Church of Scotland, Barrhead and held...

ARP WARDEN

My Dad was the ARP Warden and I remember our garage was full of gas masks including some big ones for...

Annie O'Connor's War Years.

He was in Sicily, Sidi Berami, Bengazi, the Golan Heights, Gaza and the Jordan Valley... A landmine blew up...

Evacuation to Radway, Warwickshire

A Dumfrieshire family's war

My father, Alex Sr, and brother Robert were both in the Navy. When my eldest brother Alex left for war my...

Jane Guest's Story

We lived in Darwen in Lancashire and only one bomb dropped there; I think they were possibly aiming for the...

A mixture of emotions

The most important thing I can remember I think is there was a prison of war camp up in the Yorkshire...

Margaret Byrnes

Margaret lived and was brought up in Grangetown, she attended St.Mary's school, and later in life she...

A 'young married' in Derby

One day the sirens went, I had no idea what to do but I abandoned my trolley and took the money with...