Kent

Bomb Fall In Garlinge

Alf and Bert would go from Garlinge tothe \Margate Gas Works... Alf and Bert saw the german plane drop...

Ramsgate After Dunkirk

It made a real impression on me seeing them in Ramsgate Harbour....

The Day the Pub Got Blown Up

My family lived at STODMARSH a place called ROOKARY NOOK, the closes village was sturry, i can remenber my...

The Day War Broke Out Lilian's Story

I WAS IN CHURCH IN DEAL KENT WHEN WAR WAS ANNOUNCED BY THE VICAR... HALF AN HOUR LATER, ABOUT 11.30 THE...

Pat's story - 1943

He was a fireman and one weekend he was stationed on fire watch at the White-House in Minster on the Isle...

through the eyes of a child

through the eyes of a child...

Food Rations

I asked Sister Oona about the things she ate and how much food she had to eat and these are some of...

Wedding cake 1944, (pre invasion wedding)

One of the main confectioners in the area supplied a two tier wedding cake with icing and decorations......

Raid on Ramsgate 24 August 1940

My father George Edward Farley was fatally wounded while on duty as an air raid warden on 24 Aug 1940. He...

Day One

Whilst playing in the street with my cousins, next to my aunts house we were hastily taken into the house...

BEF Soldiers

I recall being in my garden in Kent, watching train after train packed with soldiers heading north. When I...

"TOM'S WAR" (Part 3 - After Evacuation)

Dad's Army' brought their weapons home with them, and consequently, I became familiar with a...

"TOM'S WAR" (Part 1 - Before Evacuation)

The conflict was brought to Thanet's doorstep because of our closeness to the Goodwin Sands where mined...

Headcron Airfield. Part Three: activity and events 1944 onwards

Eventually, as a result of my request in the 362 Fighter Group Newsletter in the Autumn of 2000, I received...

Headcorn Airfield. Part Three: activity and events 1944 onwards

Eventually, as a result of my request in the 362 Fighter Group Newsletter in the Autumn of 2000, I received...

Reminiscences of a Folkestone Schoolboy in Wartime 2

Shelling continued through 1942 along with “hit-and-run” raids and high level bombing by...

Homeguard memories- Sandgate

We often used to team-up together for the cycle patrol which extended eastward to meet-up with the...

Battle of Britain Memorial at Headcorn Airfield, Egerton

1980 No Record 06.09.1981 A Hurricane, a Spitfire and Canadians flying four F18 Starfighters 05.09.1982...

Report and Control: Folkestone

Joan Holloway served in the Folkestone Report And Control centre underneath the Town Hall where the...

The Green Lagonda Car

But amongst us all, we had a very lovely, flighty, rich girl, Deirdre, who had been given a beautiful green...

Drum Rolls and Hair Cuts

The Army Pay Corps occupied the Metropole Hotel, the Wampach Hotel The Green Howards and the Royal Pavilion...

Whitstable Home Guard

This latter upholder of company discipline was fond of the ‘amber nectar’ and one recalls...

early radar

I was posted to Dover, Hoo in Kent, sites in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and London. At Dover that was my first...

Dad's story

Before the war had started my dad's father George Trow had built a bomb shelter in the garden, one of...

A Crash Course- Driving for the WAAF

Together we went all over Kent to sites where aircraft had crashed and the crew had to either repair them...

A Good Prospect 3

Completely different, the other well-known character was “Old Bill” the tramp, who popped up...