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Putney Dance Hall Bombing

After the show we arranged to go in the Milk Bar in Putney High Street which was situated under the dance...

I was determined to 'go see life' and became a switchboard operator!

Vera was born in Sunderland, but came to Barnard Castle when she was 18 months old. She made some good...

A Trainee Physio in London Remembers

Later that year, in October l944, I started training as a physio at St. Thomas's Hospital in London....

Nothing heard from the cow

That was 'RT', radio-telephone and the station was Edgehill where they trained aircrew in take-off...

Our Teens and War Service

Patricia's story: I was a child of 14 when the war broke out and living in London with my father. I did...

Trapped In A Shelter and Some Went Into War Production, Others The Forces

I lived with my Dad, stepmother, brother and sister in Enfield, outside London in Middlesex. My dad,...

Working for the Red Cross

After nearly two years I transferred to Upton Hospital Slough, which was run by St. George's Hospital,...

Junior Chemist in the War - Part 4

Also they had introduced girls into the lab which much up the open shower system, and everything else, so I...

Life as an Officers' Steward in the WRNS

I said “Officer's steward” and when I went back to my friend — we didn't go into...

My teenage years in wartime Isleworth and my enlistment in the army

They kitted me out with a uniform and a ‘tin’ helmet and sent me to Hounslow Council Depot,...

Memories of the Silvertown Blitz

My mum was in the air raid shelter when the bomb struck our house and my dad was in a part of...

I Came As A Stranger

I trained as an Assistant Nurse at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, and continued to work there after...

WW2 Diary of Winifred Sarah Elizabeth Middleton (part three)

September 14th 1940 Saturday S.S. 9.20 am All Clear 9.40 am S.S. 11 am All Clear 11.15 am Trains running...

Living and Working in London In WW2

When the air-raid warning sounded we had to make our way up a number of floors of stairs to the flat roof...

Wartime work experiences in London

I worked in The Strand in London as a secretary to Mr Godden, who was a philatelist. Things still went on,...

I. Before Joining Up

My elder brother was staying with another Aunt and Uncle on Anglesey and my parents were undecided whether...

My Lucky War Career in the Grenadier Guards.

Whilst waiting on the platform in London for a train to Surrey we heard explosions and were told it was the...

My War-time Teen Years

We knew that they were often the Powder Mills near Waltham Abbey and the Royal Arms factory at Enfield Lock...

A Boy From the Blitz

As a boy aged 7-8 I lived with my mother Gladys and three brothers George, Alec, and David at No 9 Bentons...

A Terrifying Childhood

I lived in Abbey Wood, its about 2-3 miles from Woolwich Arsenal. Following 2-3 days in Lickey End, our...

Rebuilding the East End during the Blitz

However, I think the V1 and V2 rockets were now starting to target London so on completion of his leave he...

wartime things

After various postings, including a spell at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich, I ended up in London at...

Bombed out in Leicester and Working at Old Dalby

The choices were either the Armed Forces, the Land Army, a munitions factory, or the RAOC Ordnance Depot in...

A young woman’s memories of school, work and romance

Dressing bombed out windows for Harvey Nicholls After I left art school I went to work in Harvey Nicholls...

Living next to Pentonville

I was five when the war began and we lived in a block of flats in Islington, London, next door to...

Demobilisation

Joyce had spent the last two years of the war dashing between Rotherham and Kent. Shortly after the...