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A Rude Awakening

One night during a particularly heavy period of bombing, my grandfather was out and my grandmother in bed...

A Dog In The Sky?

I looked up to the sky and saw, a black dog. I turned to my dad and said "Look, theres a black...

Manning the Ack-Ack in Plymouth

Although it is 60 years since the three of us were together, Mrs Rose Chesterman, the P.T. Instructor, and...

Twists of Fate at Kenley

I was a Boy Scout in Kenley during the War, and my father Edgar Delia was Scoutmaster, with my mother...

Mickey Mouse

I was a child during the War, living in East London with my parents, George and Marie Wittamore.I can't...

A War Time Memory: Evacuated from London to Grange Oversands

In 1943, age 8yrs I lived in London with my mother and elder sister, the bombing was very bad and most...

Memories of a Boys' WW2

One time, whilst on the way to school, casually looking for shrapnel as we went,a friend and I spotted the...

Searching for a Gasmask

Westminster had distributed gasmasks, Holborn had not... And we plodded round the two boroughs, Westminster...

Eric Warr as Assistant Chief Censor, BBC, 1939-1945

Eric Warr was my father and I know almost nothing about his time as Assistant Chief Censor at the BBC...

Life down the Shelters: In Hayes, Middlesex

My parents and I lived in Hayes Middlesex, which had a few factories, which seemed to attract the German...

And Not a Man Amongst Us

This left me and my sister and her friend and my best friend Lil on our own... I worked as a telephone...

Freddy Harding's Wartime Memories of Deptford

Freddy was one of those people who had no fear of heights, taking on the job among others, of painting out...

A Daylight Raid

The Battersea Power Station had two flags flying to alert London citizens of bomb danger. We lived near...

Growing up in WW2

Then started what I learned later was called the phoney war.I cannot remember how long it lasted but...

The Wrong Bundle

Mum went back to London: she said it was just as bad in Exeter so she might as well be at home......

Memories of the Blitz

I remember standing on the top a brick built shelter in the road looking towards the City of London with...

Memories of Shepherd's Bush

My dad put big pieces of 4x2 wood on the outsides of the windows, but the Council came along to tell him...

Protecting the Tulips

We were standing on a grassy verge by the side of the railings — I don't remember precisely...

It's Raining Dowstairs

Born in 1933, my family lived in Geddling Street, Bermondsey... We were bombed out in Bermondsey and moved...

A Child's Memories: The Blitz in West Ham

My first memory of the war was September 7th 1940 and I remember that my sister and me were sitting under...

Fish and Chips

My parents had a fryer in a parade of shops in Chalk Farm, London... We used to get visits from chauffers...

Collecting Shrapnel in Hyde Park

During the war I had a little dog called Gipsy who I loved to take walking in Hyde park where I collected...

A Poem: London NW9 1939 - 1945

In the days of the War When the women did talk At their garden gates There were guns in the park Barrage...

Some Terrifying Incidents: January 1944

On another occasion 74 people were drowned in a shelter at Balham Station when a bomb fractured a water...

Doodlebugs and Shrapnel

Borne in 1938 I was just a titch during the Battle of Britain but I reckon I still had the best collection...

George Medal

This story is about my husband's grandfather who was awarded the George Medal. Albert George Chappel...