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EVACUATED TO WALES - 1940

When mother and father said that my young sister and I had to go and live with our Aunt Amy in Wales...

Evacuation

Mum and I were sent to Rhuddlan in North Wales, about three miles from Rhyl. One lovely summer day, Mum and...

Getting Away from the Bombs!

We were Londoners and my mother decided that the family should move to Wales to get away from the bombs....

Two Evacuees' Stories

We benefited from the cups of tea etc which were really for the soldiers.We went to Stafford and the...

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Childhood Memories of Queensferry

Just as my father was closing the door, a loud blast sounded across all of Queensferry as the shattering of...

Making New Friends in Wartime Rhyl

My dad was in the Royal Welch Fusiliers during World War 1, and when it ended he settled to work on the...

1939 Evacuee

The lady took in 5 evacuees my brother and me and another 3 evacuees they were 2 boys and 1 girl. Life...

EVACUATED TO WALES 1940 part two

When the headmaster found that the older boys were lying in wait for us when we left school, to bully and...

J R Evans-Memories of Wales

He really did miss his rice puddings and I remember that one day, one of the travelling shops which came to...

Only Sixteen

One could say this sounds like a fable But once upon a time - I met Clarke Gable Star of Hollywood's...

My Family in World War II

Dennis Payton was a farmer in Ely Cambridge. My great uncle John was 15 years old when he was ordered to...

Broughton Hall Goes To Pantasaph

The teachers and pupils were very pleased to be going back to lovely Broughton Hall....

Oh I do like to be beside the Seaside

First time on a Midland Red coach; the great thrill of seeing the sea and its vast sandy beaches;life...

I did like to be beside the Seaside

First time on a Midland Red coach; the great thrill of seeing the sea and its vast sandy beaches;life...

Family Memories

My Grandmother had to travel from Liverpool to Wrexham to see my Mum. I can remember him showing me a...

Memories of Evacuation

With my mother and my younger brother and sister, I left Morden Park for Wrexham. I had wonderful freedom...

Memories of the War in Acrefair

During the period that the Germans were bombing Liverpool, we local people at Acrefair — some 20 to...

'Saved by a Soldier' as told by Violet Lilian Middleton nee Simonsicon for Story with photo

I did my searchlight training at Kimnel Park, North Wales... I was on searchlight site at Kingsmoor Green,...

Country Life

Evacuated at nine years old to Wales, near Abergele and lived there for four years on a farm run by an old...

Evacuee in Wales: An Orphan in Rhyl

I was an orphan in a Rhyl home. The only explosion we heard was a stick of three bombs which just missed...

How the War Affected My Family: Life in Mold

The food that was rationed were butter, sugar, tea, bacon, cheese and meat. My Grandad`s job was a van...

My Nan in World War II

There was only ever 1 bomb where my Nan lived... My Nan could hear the bombs from the cities by her....

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