Leeds

Life for Leila in the War.

Because Leila had a small chicken farm and her auntie had a pig farm, Leila was one of the lucky people...

Evacuation from Leeds on 1st September, 1939 CHAPTER 1

We were repeatedly informed by the Head Mistress, that although they were certain war was unlikely, not...

Jean Bradley- My Memories

We didn't have many actual bombings, but we had quite a lot of red alerts,. At Bolton Abbey Hall we had...

Wartime For Maureen And Margaret Dixon

At first, our Aunt made us bags for our clothes, and with labels on our clothes, gas masks and bags, were...

Aunt Joyce Worked in a Factory

My Aunt Joyce worked in an iron factory....

War-Time Civilian Life in Hunslet Carr, Leeds

The City of Leeds adopted an aircraft carrier HMS ‘Ark Royal’ which was sunk by U-boats early...

Our Evacuation from Leeds to Ilkley - Dorothy Williamson nee Threlfal

The bus from Ilkley to Leeds did not have a problem until arriving at Hyde Park corner, where my brother...

Evacuation from Leeds to Driffield - Marion Reyner

A cousin took me in his car to Driffield where I had an aunt and uncle. Iasked Uncle where Auntie was....

Teenage Life in Leeds

The BBC Leeds Studio was quite near to Blenheim School and my young brother's class was chosen to do an...

Bomb Blast in Woodhouse -Mrs Joan E. Gamble - Nee Marston

After the all-clear, we went across to Auntie Annie's and down through the wall in the cellar to see if...

I Remember the Day War was Declared

Dad used to go to work, come home, have a meal, say goodnight to us children, then go to do Air Raid...

A Night in a Community Air-Raid Shelter When Leeds was Bombed

Leeds was lucky escaping air raids during the war. The floor was thick with soot and what furniture we had...

My Work in the War: At an Engineering Works Near Leeds

It was a huge place, very cold and very noisy with many lathes each making different parts for...

Evacuated from Leeds to Wales.

Evacuated from Leeds to Wales. The Headmaster took thirty of us to Fairbourne in North Wales....

D-Day Memories, June 2004: Working in a Medical Laboratory in Leeds

The planes must have brought-back wounded soldiers because I occasionally had to go on the wards of the...

Dunkirk and Marriage

Eddie,a Leeds tailor's cutter, and, during the war, a Gunner in 67th Field Regiment, Royal...

Life As A War Orphan

After my father was killed in the war, I was moved into an orphanage in Leeds run by nuns... The evenings...

Childhood Memories

My mother had been in London during World War One and could remember the Zeppelins bombing, she was very...

Book Written At School In 1941.....Part Eight - How To Put On A Print Patch

Jack, then fold back the garment and sew on the patch... Blanket stitch together the newly cut edge of the...

Book Written At School In 1941....Part Six - Lend To Defend

Be a self supporting man, Help your country all you can, Dig, Dig, Dig, for victory, And win this war...

Stars in Your Eyes

My lasting memory is of cloudless nights, when the sky was filled from horizon to horizon with millions of...

Childhood Memories of War in Leeds

Anyway, it was on display in Leeds City Centre somewhere, and Dad took me along to see it on Sat 14 Sep...

My Gran's Story: Living in Leeds

The War was very justified because otherwise Hitler would have ruled Europe....

Avro

Audrey worked at Avro when she was 16/17 years old....

Home Front

Audrey's auntie used to take her stuff out into the street in her nightie and then dash back inside to...

Tea with the Soldiers: Roundhay, Leeds

In 1944 I was 5 years old and I lived in the pleasent leafy suburb of Roundhay in Leeds, Yorkshire. At the...