Bedfordshire

Christmas Turkey Time

Every Christmas my Dad would take us to Henley market to the auction area in order to bid for a Turkey....

The Practice

My friend and I left St. Marys church Sunday school and visited her grandmother in Castle Lane. The Home...

School Air Raid Precautions

My mother was part of the WVS, and helped with mobile canteens....

Wartime Services: In Bedfordshire

Everything was good and fine and the cricket seanson was in full swing and i wasnt to bad with a bat and...

Memories: Working at Allens Engineering in Bedford

I can remember German bombs falling on bedford... An elder brother who was in the Territorial Army was...

A Personal Memory: Drinking Out of Glass Jam Jars

At one stage we had no cups left and were unable to get any so had to drink out of glass jam...

Cooking the goose

We had what I think was a Dutch oven, a tiled door which opened over an open fire. It took three days...

Yanks

I remember very clearly the kindness of the American soldiers when they arrived. They gave parties for the...

War Time 1939-45

The BBC Symphony and Light Orchestras also were in Bedford, the Head Office being in Bushmead Avenue. They...

Wartime memories of Kempston, Bedford

Wartime memories of Kempston, Bedford...

The First Bombs in Luton

I think the first bombs that dropped in Luton were on Vauxhall Motors on Friday. My Husband saw a German...

Commer Cars, Biscot Road

That dropped in Biscot Road on a factory called Commer Cars....

BBC Symphony Orchestra

When the BBC came to Bedford a member of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and his wife stayed in my parents...