Cambridgeshire

Evacuation

I was an evacuee twice at that time once to Catworth in Huntingdonshire then to Norton St Philip...

1939/1945 My War: In St Neots and Glenridding

Although born in Bedford, by 1940 I was living at little Paxton,going to St. Neot's for School. I...

Not the Best Swap!

So my brother was a prisoner in Italy and we had Italian POW'S on the farm. If you had Italian...

War in East Anglia

One evening he was walking me home when we looked up and saw a German aircraft flying very very low and in...

C.J. Stevenson, RN

He then went up to Cambridge to do further training at Addenbrokes Hospital where he enlisted in the Home...

L A C Rodgers

My grandfather was was an Aircraft Engine Fitter and became a Leading Aircraftman, his number was 1019591...

Crashed Planes and Oranges

One morning Father woke us up and said look out the bedroom window, a supersortress big plane had crashed...

Village School Memories in Huntington

We lived in a village called Huntington about three miles outside York.At the village school where we went,...

"Florence Nightingale" and the Young Soldier

My mother, Beryl Drake, was an auxiliary nurse during WWII working at Mill Road hospital in Cambridge. My...

The Whistling Helmet

I worked five days a week at L.N.E.R Revenue accountants office in Peterborough... My weekend duties were...

New School

The foundation stone had been laid by the Chairman of the Governors, architect's drawings were on...

Wood Ditton during World War II

Prior to World War II the small east Cambridgeshire village of Wood Ditton had been a quiet agricultural...

Staying In during a Raid

I lived in Wallasey, on Merseyside with my parents... We had to go to the local Church for shelter and a...

Outings during the War

We used to walk from Oxford Road to the 'Backs' - the backs of the collages, sometimes pushing our...

A Child's Homefront Poem - Cambridge

Written by my aunt Joan Punterwhilst attending Miss Winnie Chandler's infant scholl, Richmond Road...

School Trip

My pal, Geoff was the youngest to be included. I still have the souvenir paper-knife inscribed...

An East Cambs Village during WW II

Evacuees arrived bringing culture shocks to both sides, most of the young men of the village were called-up...

Silver Paper

As I was born in the second year of the war my memories are that of a small child, my parents worked...

German POW Camp - Oakington

During the war there was an German internment camp in the next village Oakington and the German's were...

Grandad, Me and the Pigs

During the war years Grandad kept two pigs, one for home consumption and one to go to the government to...

The Names on the Walls

'I was a great friend of James Cheney who was in RAF along with his 3 brothers. When James died, Capt...

Home Front in Yaxley

I went to school in Yaxley and remember the attractive boxes that the gas masks were kept in - we used to...

People: Evacuated to Soham and Hertfordshire

Although I lived in London when war broke out, I was evacuated on three occassions.this story is about the...

Stanground at War

Dad and his friend Maurice collected old newspapers and sold them, at the rate of one penny for a stone...

Wonder Antibiotic

I was taken into Peterborough General Hospital where I was operated on by a Mr Noel Smith. Apparantly...

Keeping it sharp

While living at Kings Dyke my dear Aunt Agnes lived at home and she had this habit of forever sharpening...