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Surviving the War in Cumbria

Chief among these were Tommy Handley's "Itma", Henry Hall's"Music Night" and...

Wendy's War

"..... I was almost three years old when the war began and although my family lived in London my Mum,...

To Die For Mussolini -Part 2

My three uncles had a small holding in a village called Ponticelli, the nearest market town was Malalbergo...

Under Attack: Living with the Bombs

Friends took us in and found out where Mum and my brother were. Wally was in Southall and Mum and Dad in...

Memories of a Child (Part 2)

In recent years I have come to realise how much impact my Dad's death really had on me and I have...

From Birth To War

1931 I was born in the village of Anstey,Leicestershire in a Church Lane cottage behind the church, to the...

May's War

The bombing of our cities started with London during August and then within a week Birmingham, the first...

Walkley in War. Wartime Childhood in Sheffield.

Friday, Dad's pay day was always special we would have tripe and onions with mashed potatoes and what...

Moths

I would not have bothered you, but she is now threatening to contact the Sanitary Inspector unless, by...

A Siren Suit and I don't do Ironing!

I was looking on when, low and behold, as Mum turned the corner of the garden path, situated but a...

My War in Mill Hill, London

It did not help when after the war dad was modernising houses and the Jewish customers were trying to...

Raking Over the Ashes and Parts of My Life - As Told to Me by My Parents - Part 3

One Whitsun, we cycled to Brighton in Sussex, we arrived there at about 3.00 a.m.in the morning and at 6.00...

One Child’s War

Dad went off to kill people and mum became Leicester's first bus conductress. When dad went back after...

My Experiences in Japanese Concentration Camps on Java, Indonesia.

The Japanese under the command of Major KIDO fought shoulder to shoulder with the British against the...

Grandma's War Part 2

Like a large number of older people in our part of London, neither Aunt Lot or Uncle Bill could write a...

From Pillar to Post - Part 1

It was while paying these visits on relatives in the city and being young and impressionable that my...

A Close Call with a Buzz Bomb !

Mum and I went to London after the Blitz, even then night and day bombing was daily. Mum and I went to...

Norman Macleod: Memories of Life in the Infantry and a Wartime Wedding.

And we had a club just after the war finished and we had a German band, a dance band - four blokes-...

The War Years in Burford

A canteen was set up in Church House, now Warwick Hall, and this was manned by members of the local...

My own stories of WW2

My father is Taiwanese, my mother is Japanese and I was born in the capital city of China – Beijing....

My own stories of WW2

My father is Taiwanese, my mother is Japanese and I was born in the capital city of China – Beijing....

Schoolday Memories of Wartime Years, Chapter 4

We would stand by the roadside in Southampton Way, and when the lorries slowed down to turn the corner, we...

The Crane Family's Story: Enfield

Living at Enfield Lock, we were but a stone's throw away from the RSAF,, in Ordnance Road, where Dad...

From Chodel in Poland to Monte Cassino. PART 1

His long journey began on the 17th of September 1939 when the Russian Army crossed the Polish eastern...

Further Snippets from Living Next to Devonport Dockyard

In the early days my Mum would take me to the Devonport Southern Railway station to watch the trains and...

The Three English Brothers French

I have heard that possibly due to the fact that his employer required him, he was unable to join the army...