London

German Caught by Locals

My wife told me that one day a German airman had been captured by the locals at S. Ockendon railway...

Clothing

We also used to have a regulr visit from a prisoner of war, a German man called Horst Tank. He was very...

Acton Air Raid

My father, Bert Friston, was an engine driver on the Great Western Railway from the 1930's until he...

War Memories - Travelling on a Train

In 1940 I was travelling down to London on a train bound for King's Cross station, I was in a long...

The Day the Balloon Fell on my House.

A barrage balloon landed on the top of their house... Usually I lay in on a Sunday morning, but this...

Rescue at Plaistow

Albert got the ladder up to the window above the shop, strapped the injured man to the stretcher and...

The Missing Leg

The Lady of the house was crying out for my Grannie, calling 'my leg, my leg!'.. In fact, she had...

A Glow on the Horizon

My parents had been visiting an aunt for Christmas,but now they had to return to their home in Central...

East End Horror

The East End took most of the damage in the second World War, and my street - Quicket Street, Bow E3 -...

The Beginning of My War - from London to Folkestone

I was nearly seven when the war started and went to my grandparents home.We thats my mother and myself left...

Home Guard Rifle

My father, Ernest Hisgrove was in a reserved occupation during the war, but enlisted within the Home Guard,...

Bombed out

The picture shows a Heinkel 111 shot down inKennington park London... The people in the photo are an aunt...

The Birthday Cake

I can still see in my mind the birthday cake decorated with shards of glass....

Childhood Memory: St Anne's Church, Limehouse, during WW2

The Crypt of St Anne's Church in Limehouse was my shelter of which I lived opposite....

Sweet and Loving

My mother ,Mary Loving was an army nurse . During 1943 she was based at St Thomas's in London.Whilst...

Fire Service: In Edmonton

I had a hairdressing business and continued to run this and do part time fire fighting in the control rooms...

VE Night at the Ballet

On VE night we were at the ballet, watching the dancer Robert Helpmann playing the Toymaker in Copelia......

A Surprise in the Mirror

During the war my mother Edna Rogers lived in Beckenham. At the bottom of the Garden of their house were...

A Doodle Bug

It was raining, people came out of a London Theatre, a Doodle-Bug came over, the engine stopped. All fifty...

You're Still Here!

My Grandmother, Mrs Ann Mansfield and her three children went down to their air-raid shelter in the evening...

Family Visit: Custard Powder and Prunes

She gathered up what food she could find, including some precious custard powder and some prunes and she...

September 1940 - Dogfight over Blackfen

During a daylight raid in Battle of Britain a dogfight was overhead and suddenly we saw an aircraft...

Shrapnel

I was just thirteen years of age the war was in its early stages 1939-1940, I awoke one morning and noticed...

My War

Age 18 had to join the forces or work where sent, so worked in chemical factory all day and did fire...

Working with Churchill

During the war I worked in the War office for Winston Churchill. I was recruited because I was fluent in...

Ayton Memories 1

During the second world war I worked at Plaxtons in Scarborough, producing ammunition boxes and then served...