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Childhood memories

One day I was being taken to my grandparents in the wheelbarrow. Our route took us past the 鈥楥ross...

Big Rewards in Dunston

My uncle Earnie served in the D.L.I. He was in charge of German P.O.W.'s who were carrying out some...

Cinema Run

Wendy was born in Hull in 1940and lived with her mum and grandma... Wendy and her mum and grandma were...

3) To have loved and lost

Husband Stranded in India

A while after leaving Moulton he decided to change direction and train as a policeman at Henley Police...

A VIP visit

I was a WAF sergeant in Delhi at the racecourse camp... We slept in bashas which are four bamboo poles with...

Escape from Paris to Philadelphia

When the Germans over-ran France in 1942, there was a communications curtain, a blackout. One of my sisters...

Wartime gifts and parcels

My mum and another lady were the only ones in the village to find out where the parcels came from and write...

London Life

Once I slept at the Salvation Army during the Blitz. Then I worked for them making the Salvation Army...

Escape from Paris to Philadelphia

When the Germans over-ran France in 1942, there was a communications curtain, a blackout. One of my sisters...

Our Uncle, one of the first soldiers in Dunkirk.

We had an uncle who was one of the first set of soldiers to arrive in Dunkirk, as the got off the...

Celebrating Victory over Japan, at Whitwell, Herts.

I've still got a cutting from the local newspaper, so I know it was organised by the "Swan...

Under the Pillow

My mother Vicki Piper, like many war mothers was coping alone looking after her sons Leo and Bert... She...

Early Childhood Memories-Rochdale

I remember the milk man coming with a milk float, pulled by one horse, very old fashioned with a back...

Home on Leave

In civvy street, He was always smart, my Dad. In uniform, the same: shoes polished; The thick, scratchy...

War Years

Gwedoline Robert Middlesex / East End London. You would queue for oranges and bananas for the children....

TORPEDOED IN BARBADOS

My wedding bouquet was made up of pink carnations. In later years, my daughter , Brenda and I visited...

A Wedding and Stocking Feet

My wedding cake had no icing on, so I had a cardboard top on it....

Memories

Harry was 4 when war was declared by britain.At such a young age, Harry couldonly remember a few things...

We weren't told...

Apparently, to keep your gas masks lenses clear there was a little jar in the case of a substance called...

Memories From Trevanson

Daddy, Fred Mewton, was in the army and went to Belfast Northern Ireland as a lorry driver. Dad received...

Missing loved ones

I served in North Africa, Sicilly and Italy. During my time abroad,I witnessed chaps who unfortunately had...

Liberation Day

And we met lots of friends, stood by the harbour, and on the harbour bed, it was low tide, there was an...

Behind the Wire

大象传媒 War Time Experiences Shirley Jean Gargan nee Sharpe born Douglas, Isle of Man 1934. One such person was...

Hot Cocoa and Tommy Trinder

Mum got a job in army munitions and Dad was based a Woolwich. The children - including me - enjoyed the...

Doodlebug over Whetstone

While at Highgate School, London there was a Doodlebug exploded over the school - the engine was found a...