London

Memories

I enlisted in the WRNS in September 1941 and was posted to Queen Anne's Mansions, part of the...

A Flying Nightingale

Memories of London

I often went to eat my lunch at a park nearby and on numerous occassions I saw Winston Churchill walking...

In the Navy

Mr Morris wished to be in the R.A.F. which stands for the Royal Air Force, sadly he was not put in the...

The newspaper boy

Living in Coombe Road, my newspaper round took me up past Upper Sydenham railway station. At a big house...

The stray bomb of Crowthorne

A lot of people thought the bomber had tried to drop the bomb in the lake....

Working at The Docks

I had to take the mail to many places in the docks, and when I had finished my rounds I was near...

Life on the Wards

We also had a lot of German prisoners of war. A lot of them were very young boys, some as young as...

From Gun Sights to Military Hospital

During the war, Doris was based in the Midlands with the Royal Artillery, ATS, working on a gun sight......

The Spitfire and Doodlebug - Wembley 1944

I knew that I should have gone in straight away, as I could hear that the fuel in the bomb was running...

Escape the Doddle Bug

As was our wont, we ignored the warning and continued to Henry's father's allotment. Horrified, I...

Wartime in Bromley

On VE Day, Father took me to Buckinham Palace, and I saw the King, Princess Elizabeth on the balcony and...

First V2 Rocket

We often saw doodlebugs; you could see the vapour trail and hear the engine: a deep throated roar rather...

Flying bombs over Sussex

The flying bomb that came down at Broad Oak was one of the first two doodlebugs to land on British soil....

THE BLITZ

He would spend 1-2 weekends a month in Moreton Essex with his family and was convinced the war was lost...

Memory

During the war I lived with my parents, 2 sisters and brother in a Southern railway tied property in...

London Fireservice

Buzz Bombs were rocking London at this time creating even more havoc following the Blitz... Our station...

Iwas there

The food rationing, there is so much but cant put it all on paper, The Factory got Bombed, but at least we...

An Evauee's Journey from North Wales to London in 1944

Living in Mitcham, Surrey, I was evacuated twice during the war, the second time being in early 1944 when...

Wartime Memories

We had to move yet again as a fire bomb had set the roof alight in Catford S.E. London. I was in...

Father's Comradeship in the Home Guard

In due course father was issued with a Lee Enfield rifle which was kept standing up in the wardrobe of my...

Life Saver

Previous to joining the RAF Dad was in the 9th Royal Lancers when they still rode hores and carried...

Formation of the WAAFS and ATS

I joined the WAAFS and with twenty others was marched unceremoniously by a sergeant to a small aerodrome,...

A Dancer's Memories

At first I was in Hampstead -I was the manager at Hemmings... There were twenty - twentyfive cottages all...

Memories of a babe in arms

Years later when I told my mum about this she said it must have been the night when the three houses next...

The Secret Move

He was asked to transport King Hailie Salasie's crown jewels from vaults in London to a secret location...