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15 October 2014
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Durham D-Day Event

10.00 D-Day, the 6th June 1944 Normandy Landings: Britain's Day of Decision Stephen Hart, Senior...

War In Naples

In the village, some people used too hunt for rabbits to eat but if the people couldn't find rabbits...

Food for Heroes

Teddy worked as an engineer on the sea defences... They got lunch for one shilling -- roast beef, Yorkshire...

UNCLE PHIL ON THE MINESWEEPERS

Although I am only10 years old today in 2005 I remember taking to school all the details about my Uncle...

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Wake Up! Wake Up! The War Is Over

My husband, Lennox Leavett was in the Navy, and saw action in the Western Approaches and in the...

N.A.F.F.I. by Ian Burton and Evelyn MacLachlan

Her job was canteen duty and from keeping food and cups of tea or coffeegoing all day and night they kept...

My Father’s Army Service September 2, 1939 to October 9, 1939 - Part 2icon for Story with photo

My dad was only in the army for a few weeks as shown in his discharge papers. I wrote the note to...

Rotten Bananas

What I used to do when I went in to Beirut, was we had an arrangement where we could get some bananas....

Stories from the war

The people in the second world war did not want to speak much about their experiences, although I did pick...

The Missing Sausage

One day when the sirens went off my dad said "Come on Missus" to my mum. Dad said "She will...

Waiting for Harold

My boyfriend Harold was in the army in the 88th Field Regiment and was a prisoner in Thailand... Harold...

Mrs. Fawcett's Story

Mrs Fawcett was born in South Muskum in Nottinghamshire. Mrs Fawcett lived in a flat area of...

life in northern Ireland During WW2

I remember one sister being dressed as Montgomery, another was Lord Teddy,I was Churchill and a younger...

War people

Wagg Smith sticks out in my mind how he spoke of the times in the First World War he mended roads behind...

Close Call

In 1944, my sister, Mary Grant drove ambulances with wounded British soldiers to various hospitals... Mam...

THE WAR IS OVER - LET'S CELEBRATE

My family i.e. my parents Mr & Mrs Wilson, me, Eileen aged 17, Sheila 15 and Brenda 13, lived at...

My Wedding

I had five bridesmaids and they all had bouquets that George had bought. Two bridesmaids wore mauve, two...

Thank You Grandma

My grandmother took us in, my dad was shipped out to India and we never saw him for 4 ½ years... I...

Quite A Decent Lot These Italians

The police station was built with two houses for the police and an office in the centre and during the war...

Bookbinding and armatures in Cambridge

Then I moved to Grays’ factory when the war started, making armatures for Spitfires....

Explosion

Panicking, I said “My Mum's in there!.. You're Mum is next door with a lady with young...

Dads Homecoming

My dad passed his medical on the day I was born, 9th September 1940 and was enlisted with the Royal...

Everyone donated a tin of corned beef

Later on in the war the bombing stopped and food rationing came in and we were practically starving—...

VE Day Luton

As Vauxhall works was taken over to make Churchill Tanks Luton was well up on the bombing list of German...

Howard Lloyd's memories

When we reached the signal box the signal man came to us and gave us half a crown. He asked us to...

SHATTERED GLASS.

When the doodlebugs started my mother decided to take me and my baby sister to live in Nailsworth with my...

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