London

Choosing to Live in London despite the air-raids and a strange coincidence

One day, I went on the bus from Barnes to Hammersmith, then on the tube to Green Park and then walk to...

Phyllis Smiths memories

When I was about 15 I started war work at the Osram factory in Hammersmith where we made light bulbs and...

Wartime Memories

I recall one afternoon when I had just pushed open a window, only to have it slammed shut by the blast from...

Remembering the war

My family was evacuated for a short period from Eastbourne to Sandy Cross, Heathfield. The Navy had taken...

Fragments - England 1939/1940

I remember standing in Princes Street by the Bank of England during my lunch hour and seeing the newspaper...

The morale of the people

Vera joined to work in association with the Land Army, I might emphasise the word 'with' as she was...

Land Mine Dropped By Parachute

As misfortune would have it the parachute which carried the Land-mine got caught on one of the balconies of...

BASINGSTOKE BOMBS AND THE WAAF by Norah Holt

BASINGSTOKE BOMBS AND THE WAAF by Norah Holt...

From Anderson Shelter in Peckham to peace in Didcot

Title :From Anderson Shelter in Peckham to the peace of Didcot. People in the story :Iris O'Connel,...

Deaf Parents in the Blitz and Pyjamas in the Street

We lived on Hanson Street near Great Portland Street and New Cavendish Street in Central London... When the...

The Terrible facts of War. The Ministry of Shipping.

One day, I went on the bus from Barnes to Hammersmith, then on the tube to Green Park and then walk to...

`AFTER SIX YEARS OF WAR, IT WAS GOOD TO ENJOY

We used to go dancing at the Town Hall every Saturday night doing the jitterbug, and rock and roll with our...

A Time to remember in Kenton as a 13 Year Old Girl

I was thirteen Years old and lived with my mother and two sisters in Kenton Middlesex... The next day my...

Living and working in Hayes

At the end of the war I was one of the crowd outside Buckingham Palace on VE day. We arrived at Hyde...

The Guard's Chapel V-1 Flying Bomb

On Sunday 18th June 1944, I was a Lieutenant RNVR, serving as a Duty Officer in the Coastal Forces...

MeetingHarry Pincus

I remember a bomb went off near Tufnell Park and the vibrations hit the houses by Holloway. the windows...

Bombing along the Thames

My father worked for the Port of London Authority at the George V docks in Woolwich... One day they bombed...

a blitz baby

The doctor's house was in darkness, no Dr. Then he went off round the area looking for the midwife; the...

The first day of the Blitz from an Arsenal supporter

After the match we took a train to Hackney Downs station and upon alighting the station we were greeted by...

A selection of memories from London

My mother ran a hostel for Jewish refugees in Belsize Park in London and she started a British Restaurant...

Life in the Wrens

I joined the Wrens in 1940 because at that time, one had to pay ones income tax every six months, and...

Just A Few Memories...

When my husband was called up he had 7 days leave and the siren went off and we went to the dugout...

I Made the Most of War Opportunities

WW2 Recollections.

My husband and my father wouldn't let me join the forces, so I decided to stay as a civil servant and...

Mistaken Identity-twice

The other coincidence was that my father was a postman/sorter at King Edward Building in London, and...

DOODLEBUG HITS KENSAL GREEN STATION ( NORTH WEST LONDON)

Eric is a longstanding friend of my husband, a mate from work at the London Electricity board. We were...