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JEAN AND ALLAN BRAYLEY

A few days before September 3rd she was called up to the A.T.S. She served first in an Ack-Ack battery in...

Personal Requirements

I worked at St Stevens hospital and lived with friends at Troy Court, a block of flats. One night during...

Messenger Boy

I joined the Auxiliary Fire Service at the age of 17 and after some initial training and measured for a...

A WAAF'S view of VE night

Eventually we stood outside the Palace gates along with countless thousands of others, and in due course...

Rudolf Hess

My family moved from southern England to Bearsden, north of Glasgow, in 1938 and stayed there for most of...

Bomb incidents in Hailsham

Angie's son, Alan, was also present. Alan: "What were you saying about the bomb at the top of...

HURRY 6am - Breakfast won't wait !

Loud knock - 6am - groan, turn over, fall asleep, clatter of feet, roll out of bed, stagger to bathroom,...

Mothers Tale

We had an Anderson Shelter in the garden but my son used to cry so much to go into the shelter we...

First Aid in Iver Cottage Hospital

The aircraft factory of De Havilland was situated a few miles outside the village and I vividly remember...

The moral problem of billeting

In 1943 I worked as a German and French Monitor for the BBC... I myself and a fellow german monitor were...

German Balloonist — Mystery Solved

When I was five in 1940, the Germans were bombing the London docks and we moved to my Gran's in...

My war experiences in London and Somerset

I was in the coal mining area of Somerset living with a family of miners... At that time the coal mines...

Lucky to be Alive

My Father ,Alfred William Gilbert worked for 'Griffiths Demolition'as a crane driver and worked on...

BATTLE OF BRITAIN 1939

When the war started in 1939 i was an eight year old and went to Kenmont Gardens School, The battle of...

Where I heard the Declaration of War at the Age of 17 and Joined the Army Later.

Two days later a fire officer arrived from Fulham Fire station and locked up all the petrol pumps, and...

Two Fast Young Ladies

So we set off on a nice summer day to hitch hike to Lake Windermere. We were duly dropped at Lake...

Churchill At The Ritz

I left school at 14 in 1943 and spent 3 months at 1 Albermarle, Piccadilly learning how to use a...

A Collection of Memories

I went to Ireland twice during the war, all the stations were blacked out, the train was in darkness, and...

Life in London

I lived in digs and many a night used to sleep under the stairs as London was continually bombed, even...

My Wartime memories of Keycol Hill Hospital

I spent the early years of the war at Keycol Hill Hospital, Newington, near Sittingbourne in Kent... Keycol...

A Streetcar Not Desired

I had developed a passion for streetcars, also known as tramways or trolley cars so when my mom said that...

R C S Levy

As a jew of British origin living in occupied France she was constantly in fear of being picked up either...

Queuing for bananas

As dressmaking was not a reserved occupation I went to work for Johnson and Mattey who were bullion...

Vera Penman's Memories of the Home Front in Oxford

Name Vera Penman Interview Date 26th April 2005 Subjects covered Entertainment, V.E. Day Location Oxford...

The War Years

A crowded bus and a dance hall were hit, with heavy loss of life. I remember particularly that my father...

Seeing the Northern Lights Over East London

I lived with my parents in the northern part of the east end of London. I know if you go up to...