Rosie had to take her little brother and we big girls were truly affronted when he got a Mickey Mouse gas...
In 1940, my father became the caretaker at Bourne methodist church on Anlaby Road. My bags were packed...
I was at my uncle's farm at Walton Grange, near Driffield, harvesting, and loading the shelves of corn...
Early on in the war my two elder brothers were evacuated to Stockton on Forrest outside York and my sister...
My Mum carried my baby sister in her arms, and as we ran the sirens seemed to get louder and louder, we...
The next day a rumour spread saying that a big local businessman was going to send lorries to take women...
I'll go and get him Mam” shouted the boy as he ran back into the house to get Billy. Terrified...
The area I lived in, Barton, was a comparatively small town but across the river was a larger town, Hove,...
With that the sailor placed his small case on the ground, reached behind him and pulled a banana off the...
After dropping their bombs, crews of 900 RAF Lancaster and Halifax aircraft saw hundreds of American...
Magpies are easy birds to tame and it was just before we left Ashby in 1944 and we decided to let them...
But the most appalling memory I recall is when I was walking through Victoria Square with my Mother, and...
Radio operators and officers, from both 23rd Hussars and 24th Lancers, were asked to volunteer for a...
All the staff in the Brigade used to live nearby so they could get to the Station in an emergency; we...
We were living in Hull in 1940 and my grandparents had promised to look after my mother, my brother Ted and...
Several months prior to D-day I was engaged in training to waterproof vehicles. I used to take the vehicles...
Melbourne was a small village, about 250 people, my grandparents found us a small cottage, no water or...
A cousin took me in his car to Driffield where I had an aunt and uncle. Iasked Uncle where Auntie was....
Hull was bombed a lot and all hell would break out with the machine guns and anti-aircraft guns going all...
One night a bomb landed in the gardens behind Greenwood Avenue, Riding Fields, Thomson Avenue and Cherry...
We travelled towards Hull, feeling very apprehensive, but when we got to Hedon Road near to the Docks, the...
We pooled our odd coppers to pay for one member to enter the tent as an observer, whist we others went...
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