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This story is written by Dayle Andrews and Danny Shaw about the life of Evaline Wilkinson in the world war two.

The world war two story

Today we went to interviewed Evaline Wilkinson at Feniscliffe Bank Nursing Home in Lancashire.

Evaline told us she was around about 10 when the war started, now she is 86. She got forced to work in Munitions Factory, she hated it she wanted to be a bakery but when she was 14 she worked at a bakery in Darwen till she was 18. In the munitions factory she made fuses for the bombes.

She said she didn鈥檛 know anyone who got bombed, there was only one bombing in Blackburn and that was on Ainsworth Street also she said life was better in war days than now. She said you could leave your door open all night and day. Evaline caught cancer after she recovered from the cancer, sadly her husband died. Evaline and her husband meet in King George鈥檚 hall; they went to dance there which they went every week.

She also said the good old days have gone. She also added you weren鈥檛 allowed to get friendly to the police. The worst part of the war was losing her friends and family in the war. They only got the basic supplies of food. Before she was married she was called Evaline Louis.

They didn鈥檛 no about the war because there was no communication to inform them about what was going on in the world they only had cordless radios. She went to St Lukes and St Phillip鈥檚 School in Lancashire. She also left school at 14.

We really enjoyed this experience talking to her about the World War 2 and we hope can do this more often.

As we was leaving the nursing home we quickly interviewed a friendly man and he said that he signed up to the army when he was 18 years old and he said he is 87 years old now, also he told us a few jokes which were funny.

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