Cornwall

Taking in Evacuees

We had relatives who lived in London Dolly was my favouite beloved Aunty, Stella was her daughter, my...

Americans in High Street St Austell

In 1944 I was back living on a small-holding at a village called High Street, three miles from St Austell...

Anti Submarine Craft

I recall that there were yards at Looe, Appledore Brixham and Falmouth and a few others... By this time Sir...

Donald Delves' War, Part 2 : Cousin Lost on HMS Glorious, and How I Came to Join the Army.

Donald Delves' War, Part 2 : Cousin Lost on HMS Glorious, and How I Came to Join the Army. My cousin,...

Some Memories of a 7 Year Old Boy -Part 2

What I saw all the glass from shop windows was blown out and Penryn's town clock face was all in bits...

Air Raids on Falmouth

Such was the pace of life in Cornwall in those days that this retired teacher, who did not go out much,...

Life as a Teacher during WW2 Part 4

In the war the Americans used to send boxes of fruit etc which were divided up in the area, the Biscovey...

Jack's VE Day Memories

There was no hero's reception for escaped prisoner of war Jack Edwards when he walked into Truro city...

Incident in Cornwall

My father, Cpl Stanley Hall first enlisted in the army in 1922 and served in the 2nd Battalion of the...

I Was There- ATS in Cornwall

I was a very young ATS staff driver stationed at Truro and I remember very well driving my Officer onto...

Hotel Guests in Falmouth

Some guests insisted on sleeping in our extensive cellars, where we had installed beds, running water and...

Evacuating to Cornwall

My mother decided I would be safer away so suggested I went to Cornwall... We took much longer getting...

A Hero

I was about eleven, and we were living in Camborne, Cornwall... He was helping out with the Plymouth Blitz,...

The Day War Broke Out

It was a Sunday morning and we were in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Falmouth when Father John Fanning,...

Evacuee's Story

I visited Suffolk, Berkshire too Yorkshire,Cornwall, and the sea was blue. In Suffolk we picked pounds of...

Evacuee

1940 as a child in Hoxton London I remember boarding a bus with other children ,then boarding a steam train...

Warspite Aground at Prussia Cove

Prussia Cove was for the most part unheard of, until in 1947 the famous battleship HMS Warspite broke her...

What Was it Like When You Were Evacuated?

We lived in Spital Square in the East End of London, since the air raids became heavy, my Brother, Bill and...

A Sudden Change

Life was very quiet- no petrol, just an old bus to Wadebridge, the nearest town;two grocer's shops...

Military Driver

I was entered into military training on Febuary 28th 1940, as a driver at Herne Bay, Kent... In March 1942...

Americans come to concert at Mission Hall

One morning we were told that there was a concert on at Mission Hall, Adalaide Street... I enjoyed singing...

Experiences of WW2 in Devon and Cornwall

Before that event we spent about a year enduring nightly airraids on the nearby Plymouth dockyard.We used...

Night Air Raid

It was always underwear first followed by outer clothes, this was so we could get dressed in a hurry if...

Hitler's Coffin

So my brother's pram was a primitive affair but it did the job. My Mother would proudly take out my...

Military Driver 2

I drove Officer's where they wanted to explore, like the River Fal and Helford and areas by the sea....

Machine Gunned - Cycling

In 1939 moved from Guildford to Polsue Manor Hotel near Philleigh... Cycled from Polsue to Ruan Lanihorn...