Kent

A Child in Whitstable

During the Battle of Britain we had a front line view of a lot of the dogfights between Fighter Command and...

I Lost My Rifle

Waiting at the bus stop I suddenly realised that I had left my rifle at Fred's home. Panicking, I...

The Spotty Wedding

In 1944 my mother was in the A.T.S planning to get married in March 1945 when she learned that she was...

Harry the London Evacuee

During the war our school Deansfield Rd School Eltham decided to evacuate its pupils. As the school was...

A Small world

When I was in the A.T.S. during l947 I was stationed in Welbeck Abbey. In Welbeck Abbey there is a lovely...

A Child at war - in Kent

I was 7yrs old when war broke out, living with my family in a village called Kemsing, near Sevenoaks in...

Bombing Of Bottom of Margate High Street

I went to work in a drapers shop in Margate High Street, Tyler & Dingwell....

No Identity Card, You Can't Stay Here

Enid and Mabel arrived in Liverpool at the time Enid was suffering with mumps... The police interviewed...

Memories of Dymchurch

Dymchurch was a restricted area with all the local bridges blown up, so anytime you wanted to get anywhere...

Matthew Bank Bombings

One night the bombs seemed to be closer....

Taking Cover!

Nanny used to work in an egg packing factory near Ashford in the War... Poor Nanny had to clean off...

Belvedere Evacuee

My Mother, Valerie Jeanette House, went to West Street School in Belvedere, Kent and was initially...

Return from Dunkirk...?

'Soon after the Dunkirk evacuation began, orders were issued for all we Sidcup warriors to parade in...

Hop-picking

We were staying on a farm in Goudhurst, hop-picking. I can remember all the adults were standing round in...

Chatham Naval Dockyards

In 1940 dad's ship was disabled by enemy bombing in the Channel and towed into Chatham. Whilst...

Bombing: Childhood Memories of Sidcup

She has told me many times that she only knew the war as a child - she tells of the trips down...

From Black-out Curtains to the Black Market

Sitting in the front room with a coal fire at christmas time, singing carols, to experience the loudest...

My First Train Ride

I was 7yrs old in the summer of 1940 when my 13yr old sister Vera and I were evacuated from Ramsgate Kent...

My Time with the WAAFS

I was in the WAAFS, as an ambulance driver... Yes I saw a good bit of action but in the main it...

A Commando's 'Moving Experience' in Canterbury!

A Commando's 'Moving Experience' in Canterbury. Being a commando allowed private billets and...

Doodle Bug

My great grandparents had a bungalow in Chislehurst which is about 2-3 miles away.During their visit they...

Evacuation from Folkestone to Wales

I was born on 20th June 1932 in The Mothers Hospital for Women at Clapton, after my birth I was sent to...

Welsh village evacuees

One day Derek asked my mother for a piece of cake in his Kent accent which sounded to me quite terrible. I...

Watching the fighter planes and the evacuation from Dunkirk

As a young girl I lived near to Manston Aerodrome. We would watch the bombers coming from the North and all...

First Memories: Dog-fights, Sirens and Destroying Shelters

We originally lived in London and when war broke out dad joined the RAF and I moved to Halstead in Kent...

After the War

My Father was a Lieutenant in the Home Guard and, as such was issued with a Sten Gun. Dad carefully placed...