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'Blitz Kid'

In the first year of the war, my school was 鈥楤ombed out鈥� and so I spent most of my time playing...

Frensham at War

Frensham is a parish and village between Haslemere and Farnham, and is located on the edge of a very large...

WW2 as seen through the Eyes of a Greenock Schoolboy

Most of the boys took a keen interest in the types of aircraft used by both sides; the German Heinkel,...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 5

She also writes about her own birth, her unusual layette made from surplus fabric imprinted with secret War...

Buzz Bombs to VE Day (continued)

Mike Gerrard: Well my father was most of the time 鈥�, half the time he was in this country, yes I was...

My Life in Folkestone during WW2

As the Germans were only 21 miles away across the Channel they would send shells over and although we were...

Growing up in Whitehaven, Cumbria during World War Two

Mark came to Whitehaven with a large number of children accompanied by their teachers, one of whom was a...

My Wartime Childhood Memories

Our local 鈥楤ritish Restaurant鈥� was a few hundred yards away in Long Ditton village hall,...

The Bill of Fare

The distribution of pieces of kidney in a suet pudding was similar to that of silver threepenny bits in a...

Remembering the 鈥淪leepy little town of Whitehaven鈥� during World War Two

My name is John McCrickett and these are a few of the memories I have about my home town of Whitehaven, in...

Primary schooldays WW2

Chelsfield was only a few miles from Biggin Hill which was a fighter defence air station guarding London....

Uncle Willoughby and the Bullies:Childhood memories

So I was not surprised when I was clipped round the ear by Willoughby Hogg for collecting unfired blank...

The War Years At Longforgan, Dundee

The Government set up a sugar factory at Cupar in Fife to process the crop and I grew two acres of sugar...

For Patrick (part two)

As I heard the whistle of the bombs, I was thrown into a shop doorway with dad and about five more men...

Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 2)

When my cousin from Luton came to stay with my aunt we met her at London Road train station and we had...

Recollections of the Second World War Part 5

I was recovering from measles and had just gone to bed in the back room where I was severely bounced about...

Edward Green's Story

Chepstow was a very small Market Town which comprised mainly Chepstow within the Town walls, Garden City...

Jean Hopkins

But Chepstow was lucky - only one bomb fell on the mud on the banks of the River Wye near the Castle,...

Eileen Couch's Story -Part 1

Anyway, 1943 we had an epidemic of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, and the Hospital was full, all the wards...

Childhood Memories of Evacuee Life

I think mum thought that it was too dangerous for me to go again, so I would stay with Uncle Sid and...

My Story by Mr Peter Summers

I was just parking my bike when a bomb fell in the road I usually cycle down it blew in to this...

Joan Quibell鈥檚 Diary 鈥� Part Three- 1941.

The night before, 9th April, Coventry was badly bombed again and it seemed the practice of our enemy to...

Daddy's Going Away To Fight Hitler

I knew about nasty Mister Hitler, but was a little unsure what Daddy was going to do to him. Aunt Peggy, my...

Joan's War

Now that we had moved back to Tunstall I saw more of Pauline my dads younger sister and my cousins Michael...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 3

COUSINS鈥� 鈥� CHRISTINE'S SUMMARY - Now living in America 鈥� she relates, after her birth...

Islington experiences in World War II

Some were communal like those underground at Islington Green, Finsbury Square, and on the platforms of...