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Letters August 1940

WA Barter 6472227, No. 1 Platoon, Block No. 2, Somerset Barracks, Shorncliff, Kent....

Training as a War Time Nurse in North West London

After the written papers we had to go to the Homoeopathic Hospital in London, for a Viva exam but when we...

I will lift my eyes up unto the hills . . .

We eventually arrived in a small village, Llanwrda in South Wales, and from the village square the evacuees...

An Old Eastenders Boyhood Memories Part 6: 1944 - V1s & V2s

Missiles', in fact, was a rarely used word which, very soon after that Thursday, was replaced by...

Wartime Diary of a Customs Officer: Ch8 -Dec 1940

Another pleasant walk with Kay and Beryl in pram, to Raynes Park. 21 Sat Walked into Wimbledon with Kay,...

The Tale

Milly had a dancing partner who suggested that he bring along his friend to meet us for a foursome and that...

Lilly's Story (part 1): Leaving Austria for London

Lilly's Story: Leaving Austria for London. My husband, John, who had been in the Socialist Republican...

Alan French: War Baby: Interview. (Amended.) Part one.

My war time experiences were spent in Abbot's Langley and Holloway.I have got a feint memory of my...

The Blitz — both Frightening and Exciting

Peckham is only a few seconds flying time from the East End of London, so any pilot who was a split second...

I was a war child

I was born the youngest of ten children in a Victorian house in Hawksley Road, Stoke Newington in North...

Wartime Experiences of a Girl in her Twenties [B.Devereux : Part 1]

After doing a directed job in a munitions factory, where I was unable to cope with nightwork, I was sent to...

Remembering the War

In August 1939 I went on holiday to Herne Bay in Kent and one day walking along the front I heard the...

West Ham War Years - Young Person's View

Several hundred people bombed out of their homes in the Tidal Basin area of the borough were being housed...

Evacuation Memories

We came to live in Dagenham, my mum, dad, brother and myself in 1931, when I was three years old, on the...

Doodlebug

That night we were al asleep in the shelter, the siren had gone and it must have gone 12am when all of...

WW2 Extracts

Dad became an ARP Warden and a battery of heavy anti-aircraft guns was installed on Dartford Heath. One...

Nazi Treasure

My first recollection of the war was of being huddled in the cellar of the terraced house with my Mother,...

Bus Stop (Chapter 2 part 2)

Trams had platforms, driving gear and stairs at both ends so that when they reached the terminus the driver...

My War-Time Memories (aged 2 to 7)

Had Mum and Dad been able to foresee the events that were to unfold upon our return, their decision to...

My Aunt's Letter about the Blitz in South London

A few background notes - my aunt Gray was an infant school teacher, and was married to my father's...

Evacuee's War

Mrs Lees brother-in-law was Archibald McIndoe the famous plastic surgeon who carried out wonderful surgery...

Life Onboard a V and W Destroyer

Mr. Stone was resplendent in red frock coat black trousers with gold braid , and to my amazement informed...

Memories of a Jewish Couple [Mr. & Mrs.Kammerling]

In Vienna ten per cent of the inhabitants were Jewish. One of my sisters was eighteen at the time in 1938...

My War: Evacuated from Tottenham to St Ives

When Mum and Dad got home we set off for St Ives and left the debris as it was. During the weekend...

Wartime Schooldays

The school was used as an ARP post where men and women were on duty all day, waiting for the siren to...

What I Did in the War.

This was because the German planes attacking London headed for the River Thames and had the extra land-mark...