Essex

The Day I Was Buried Alive

We lived in Cleves Road named after one of Henry VIII's wives as were all the roads around us, e.g....

Working in Warwick

After the Tothill Street office of BISC was bombed, the company was sent to Ashorne in Warwickshire and...

Memories of World War II

I can still recall vivid images of George Lane STation ablaze after an air-raid as we travelled home on the...

The Day The Bomb Parachuted into My Garden

In World War 11 my parents’ home was nearer the docks and all the bombing and they thought it would...

From the frying pan to the fire.

The day we travelled to Oakhill, Somerset on evacuation we left behind us the bombing in Broad street...

The Day a Bomb Demolished the House across the Road.

My father and my oldest brother had both gone down the town and my mother, who had joined the Civil Defence...

A War-Time Childhood, Langdon Hills

My older sister and I made our usual Sunday visit to our grandparents in Berry Lane Langdon Hills, they...

Evacuation From Bow, London

We arrived in Chorley Wood station and while we were waiting outside wondering which way to go, a lady...

My Teenage Years - Dorothy Holdbrook (nee Driscoll)

A group of us were evacuated to Dulverton in Somerset, escorted by a wonderful teacher, Mr Beaumont and his...

Interludes in Essex and London

Warwick Avenue was exciting to us as there was a barrage balloon stationed there. I missed seeing the...

A Young Boy's War: Chapter 4

The popular songs of the day were "Run, Rabbit, Run", "Roll out the Barrel",...

A Schoolgirl’s Memories of Evacuation

The day arrived when we were told which railway station to be at — Harwich, Dovercourt, Parkeston...

Clacton 50 Years Ago

I lived in Thomas Road with mum and three sisters, Barbara, Hazel and Doreen. It was one open space...

Life at Hill Farm: Part 4

We had sausage meat, the skins are missing as they come from the U.S.A. Breakfast in this house is a messy...

Everyone Did their Bit

I joined the ATS in 1940 and I was stationed in Colchester, Essex, which was a garrison town where we had...

Memories of Wartime Chelmsford

We became used to the sound of enemy aircraft and one night an aircraft was shot down over Chelmsford, my...

The Day War Broke Out

It seemed so funny to me to see Teachers and children arriving to do their lessons in our house and classes...

Wartime Memories of Grays, Essex

My father, as a science teacher in a seconary school, was not called up to the armed forces but served in...

Dad's Near Miss

My Dad, George Braybrook, worked for a record company, Oriole Records, who were based in New Bond Street....

Canvey Island — Early War Memories

There were other places on Canvey that held anti aircraft guns, machine guns and searchlights, one at the...

The Jankers Queen

I was so crazy to join the W.A.A.F's, that I upped my age by one year and was called up together with...

Part of my Experience Living Through WW2 1940: London Blitz

Our home was in a small street in Canning Town called Elphic Street very close to the London Docks and East...

Recollections of an Evacuee 1940 to 1942: Colchester to Staffordshire

The group that my sister Iris and self were placed in was in the charge of a man whose official title was...

Childhood Memories of Coggeshall at War

I started school and went to Woodlands in Church Street which is now offices, and during the first year,...

Peter Dawbarn -Part 3: A Close Encounter with the Equine Kind

We flew Hurricanes in 17 Squadron; all Hurricanes. Dawbarn meets the Germans Combat 'It's like...

Evacuee: In Essex

This paradise had unlimited food of a very superior type, which was served to the boy and his brother by...