Chrissie Hargan's Story Chrissie lived in Omagh and as there was no other work available, in 1941 she...
My Mum and Dad and I stood on a hill as Coventry lit up and was burning, and we could hear bombs...
My Dad worked at the Coke Ovens and he was in the home guard. Mum and Dad always took me to the...
As well as the barn dances, I also used to make sandwiches for the Red Cross and attend Red Cross whist...
British Restaurants’ — They looked like the works canteen inside but you could buy a good meal,...
Bombing of Messines Park We were at the Derry Fheis, and it always ran very late... This night, that's...
Lived 263 Manchester Road East, Little Hulton and attended the Primitive Methodist School. The day of the...
Her Aunt, mother's sister MaryAnne Campbell, went with sailors. If a girl was walking down on the other...
The butcher came to kill the pigs and the meat was put in the salting trough, and when eventually it was...
First out are the good old army biscuits, cigarettes, matches, tea, sugar, tinned milk, and salt Then there...
I lived in Penryn with Mum and Dad, my sister Eunice and young brother Colin. In the opposite house a Mr...
The lady across the road made fadgies out of the food coupons and our next door neighbour made toffee...
Seeing our fighter planes going over Ewell to intercept the German bombers over Epsom Downs before they...
Living in the countryside during world war two meant that the risk of air raids were very low and...
The Americans were mostly stationed at Ballykelly airdrome and the Australians were out at Aghanloo...
Mother didn't enjoy the best of health so we didn't have an evacuee but I made friends with these...
Among the varieties were potatoes, peas, pole and bush beans — but no broad beans because they got a...
When the siren went, she used to come to our house because our cellar was bigger- it had an arch over and...
Fewer people wore hats, exception more formal occasions — weddings, Sunday church-going, though it...
During the occupation the Germans installed electric cables in the main areas for their own use and the...
So he came up with Barney Hughes’ bread to Draperstown. I was just reading statistics … France...
As well as being a professional singer and dancer the lady was also an accomplished dressmaker who made all...
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