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Stories categorised in 'Coventry and Warwickshire'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

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Landmine Near Us!

I was 9 years old at the time of the Coventry blitz.We all slept in a downstairs room as a safety...

Canaries in a Coventry Air Raid

When we entered the lounge the canaries were singing but they were the colour of crow's,...

Mickey Mask Tantrums

I can remember feeling very anxious about what it all meant, as my Dad had told me lots of stories about...

The Day after they Bombed Coventry

My father, who had a Transport business in Birmingham, was phoned and told to get all his lorries to...

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Be Grateful: A Fifteen Year Old's Thoughts in Nuneaton

I am very proud and glad that i live the way i do today, and i feel that we need to thank...

Father's story

He was an electrician in Coventry on the day of the blitz in Coventry. He said that all the buildings that...

War Remembered.

I was born in 1938 and started All Souls school in 42, when most of my memories start.I remember starting...

Grandma's story

The house was blown up and the door was hanging off - that was the only thing that grandma was worried...

The Teapot Lid Mystery

On returning home after the raid the teapot which was left on the table,was missing the lid.The lid had...

Life in Barford, Warwickshire, 1941

It was charged at Bremridge's garage in the village for 3D....

Savings in the oven

On the morning,after one of the bombings all that was left out of a row of houses including are house was a...

Coventry evacuee.

I was a child in Coventry during WW2... After the second big blitz in April I was evacuated to Wigan in...

Gornal Stories

In Gornal it was like daylight outside, andyou could see a huge red glow on the horizon. They made some...

FROM SCOTLAND TO COVENTRY

I was directed all the way from Scotland to Coventry - to be a bus conductress!...

A PASTING

As a youngster in short trousers I was allowed to stand outside our house in Weoley Castle with my father...

Coventry 1941

Walking over the Lickey Hills, Birmingham, on a moonlit evening, I looked across the hills and saw Coventry...

Daimler staff

My father was working at the Daimler factory in Coventry when war broke out in 1939. The Daimler factory...

And I Was In The Brownies

Chapter 1 Peace....

Jello!

When my father was in the war, we went to live with my grandparents in Texas. There was rationing and it...

Coventry September 1939

Coventry September 1939

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Denzil Rosher — pictured with a Ford 8 car on Hykeham Road Lincoln....

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