London

Kind hearts and kit bags

On another occasion I had been visiting relatives in Liverpool, and they had just left me at Lime Street...

Do I get paid for this as well?

This item is posted by me on behalf of my father, Harry Smith. It took place in 1942 during the time Harry...

Bombs in London

I was living in North West London, on this particular night the bombing was very bad, our ambulance went...

The Runaway Barrage Balloon

Mother had hung the family washing out on the long line which stretched from the house to one of the two...

Nearly a Wartime Bride

In fact the first one that we had arranged to go to, we paid a month's rent in advance and we were...

Auxiliary Territorial Service

I joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service and wanted to be a driver but they said I wasn't good enough...

Bombings in Kensington

The mortuary was also blown up by a bomb, so their remains all ended up being buried in one coffin...

A Nice Cup of Tea for the ATS

Mrs. Churchill was rather surprised, more so when she learned that we had been there for nine months...

The Navy and London Transport

Me and my sister, Gwen started work at about 5am and would go to Neasden station to pick up our trolleys...

A Schoolboy in World War Two

We had a Morrison shelter inside — a steel structure with a great steel plate on top and we all slept...

Evacuation to Clare

I found Clare very strange after London and a lot quieter. At one time my grandmother came from London to...

WAAF MEMORIES

I was 5’3” tall, and the officer said if I stood up straight, I could join the Military Police...

VAD in Shropshire

Living at Longden Green, Shrewsbury, I left school at the age of 14 and although I really wanted to get...

I thought being in the ATS 'great shakes'!

I went to Durham to join the Tank Regiment and was stationed at Barnard Castle but lived in a house in West...

Playing to the Audience

VE night and I was in the Theatre and playing at the Globe Theatre, Shaftsbury Avenue. I left the flat in...

Dan Carson and his Ranchos

Way back about 1944, three fellas in the inspection department amused themselves during lunch break playing...

Life on the Docks

My Dad worked on the Docks down at Custom house where all the ships came in to be unloaded. sometimes it...

The enemy is arriving?

The bells had been rung because many parachutists were seen landing nearby and the Germans were on their...

Life in the Anderson Shelter

We had an Anderson shelter in the garden under a fig tree and my main memory is that during one Sunday, at...

Fire Bill

Our father was quite experienced in the driving of very heavy lorries in the 1930's he drove heavy...

London

One morning we were in Windsor road when we saw a land mine hanging from a tree the military came and...

A White-Faced Inspector

I'd seen the film and I was returning home, and although I was living in Golders Green I got a bus to...

My Uneventful War

Incendiary bombs were dropped and London was in flames. Moreen, the baby, and I went to live with my mum in...

Letter Written on 4th Sept 1939

We have stuck up the windows and plugged the fireplace with newspapers and damp rags. We have bought some...

Potatoes are Better Than Prize Carnations

He dug up all his prize carnations - they were worth a good deal of money - and he burnt them and...

VE Day

We walked over Westminster Bridge, past Big Ben and Parliament, along The Strand and past Downing Street;...