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Down to Tiverton, Devon, 1939: A Schoolboy Evacuee

There were six females aunts Ella,and Lucy, cousin Eileen who was about twentytwo, cousin Joyce who was...

Memories of a Girl Living in Highland Avenue, London [Mrs.Hayes]

Memories of a Girl Living in Highland Avenue, London. I was in London in No 5 Highland Avenue, my father...

Bus Stop (Chapter 6)

However, the London Transport hostel at Windsor caused a lot of jealousy and upset in the Windsor Garage...

Life as a Conscientious Objector and Nurse during the Blitz

There were one or two incendiary raids when I was on duty and I can recall one where a number of the...

Ben Cumming's War - Chapter 1: Joining up and service on the Home Front

The Luftwaffe began their bombing campaign and the Battle of Britain had commenced; the fear in this...

A Few World War II Memories of a young Boy

A chimney was made from a bent piece of steel pipe to ventilate the lamp with fresh air,. In the early...

Wartime Diary of a Customs Officer: Ch 1 - Intro, Aug - Oct 1939

PO = Preventive Officer APO = Assistant PO When the war started, Dad was married to Kay with 2 daughters,...

Bus Stop (Chapter 4 part 3)

When we reached Woolwich half a dozen passengers got out of their seats to assist the sailors and luggage...

Islington experiences in World War II

Some were communal like those underground at Islington Green, Finsbury Square, and on the platforms of...

A Medical Student in the Blitz; Relieving Belsen Camp

Dr. Michael Coigley: In Henry VI part II, when Jack Cave the Kentish rebel gets to Smithfield in London and...

Schoolday Memories of Wartime Years, Chapter 2

He used to ask me to deliver his "date requests" to the young ladies in the neighbourhood,...

Bus Stop (Chapter 7 part 3)

Someone opened the door and the driver of a passing trolley bus who had witnessed the incident dashed in...

A child experiences of WW2:In Walthamstow

Quite a few times in 1940 we travelled back to Walthamstow and I particularly remember several times...

Bus Stop (Chapter 4 part 4)

All trams were back in the Depot by 4.30 p.m. on Christmas Day - early turn workers doing a full eight-hour...

A Personal Account - Written in 1948

Haydon Hall, Eastcote, our Civil Defence Depot had some small bombs in the grounds and was twice bombed...

Don’t Tell Adolf

Did Adolf realize the Morrison was part of the propaganda war designed to show the Germans that we English...

Memories of war

The nozzle of the pump went into the bucket; you put your foot into the stirrup and pumped away, while...

MY WAR 1939 - 1946

From when I joined Brigadier in Oct'43 until May ’44 we were on landing exercises along the...

Bus Stop (Chapter 4 part 2)

Of course, children didn't use Public Transport much in the War, those children still living in London...

Some Christmas's Remembered - 1942, 43, 44 and 45

Christmas 1943 out ship, a 10,000 ton merchantman named "The Empire Spartan" had come into London...

War Memories: A Childhood in Twickenham

On one occasion I was standing at the back door after the siren had sounded and watched the searchlights...

A War Baby's War

From 1937 to 1939 the R.U.R. had served in 16 Infantry Brigade in Palestine commanded by Brigadier Bernard...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 9

11 THE SUMMARY OF HEATHER'S STORY — tells of my birth at home in Mitcham, Surrey during an air...

Wartime diary of a customs officer, Ch 9 - Jan & Feb 1941

I, on reaching home Found Dad ill in bed with attack of pleurisy, Jack in bed with general debility, Mum...

Gladys Hudson - My Memoirs of WW2

I also had two elder sisters Rose and Hilda and a brother, John. The war in Europe was drawing to a close...

The War in Ruislip Manor Part2

We always had a good laugh at the way the Germans tried to make us downhearted by broadcasting news that we...