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Memory of my mum, in the war years

Mum was left a widow at thirty three Brought up my brothers my sister and me I want to show my appreciation...

A long sort of sock

One of the first things they did was give me and the other chaps who were there, what they called a...

September 3rd 1939

As my sister was only 3 ,my mother was allowed to go with us and we were packed away to be evacuated...

Memories of Tobruk

My father, who had been discharged from the army on health grounds, was a member of the Auxilary Fire...

Personal Experiences During The War

It was a sunny day in Exeter back in the war and our whole family were cooling off out in the garden,...

A German in the kitchen.

He came home one day and said 'No German is going to have my wife or daughter... When I was 7 my...

Dried Eggs

I believe he was awarded a medal for bravery his son would know more he is manager of the Queens Head at...

Meeting my future wife

My friend had a wife in Leicester, I used to say to him do you want to go and see your wife...

The night of the bucket of water

Aunt Alex had meanwhile gone to the kitchen to get a bucket of water so that she could go outside and put...

Step brothers found through an advert in the Sun newspaper!

My dad was Polish and I was adopted by my natural mother's brother and his wife. Once they found out...

My Grandfathers Story Andy Cockburn Remembers

Some of them were barely old enough to hold down the simplest job that young people sometimes do today,...

Toys Made by German POWs

Three of them made wooden toys for my sister and myself. We had a doll's cradle with rockers, a...

Mum and Dad's war in Truro

I was born and brought up at Kenwyn Terrace, Trehaverne, Truro and have enjoyed reading entries about Truro...

Wartime in Switzerland Pt 2

It was common practice for parents to check once in a while that their children were being treated well...

The Drovers Return

We then cycled back to Caistor and then had to cycle back to West Rasen in the morning to drive them to...

Too old for active service

At Hayle in Pool's factory a Milawaukee milling machine arrived from the USA... The ATS Officers had...

Your story edited and categorised

Because of the location, she and her brothers and sisters, who lived on a farm ,would feed, look after, and...

What a Bad Back

The job I was given was Secretary to the Deputy Chief Fire Officer. When I told Mr Metcalf he said,...

Dorothy Richardson

Her mother, Mrs Dibden, lived at Marlborough Villa, Welsh Street, and took in lodgers who handed their...

My mum the aircraft expert

Because of the location, she and her brothers and sisters, who lived on a farm ,would feed, look after, and...

The Arrest of Rudolf Hess

Mt Grandad Tom Clark fought in World War One in the Scottish Grenadiers... My Dad, Archie Clark, about 14...

Susan Boileau鈥檚 Children鈥檚 View of Wartime

When the was broke out, my mother, sister and brother came back to England when I was 3 陆 years old....

my family

55 years of marriage and telling your love to go to her love,that takes a big man,I love my biological...

Childhood Trips To Barrow

There was my mam, dad, my two elder sisters, Clara and Hilda, and my younger sister, Doreen, who was just a...

Our profoundly deaf mother

The remainder of string stretched through our window, up the outside wall and into Aunt Rachel's...

My Story during the War

I worked in a big factory in Cambridge packing food, which was then put onto a van and taken to 30 shops...