Liverpool

Banana

Another boy brought a banana in, his father was in the navy and he had given it to him. The banana was...

Growing Up in Wartime Liverpool

I was aged five when the war broke out in 1939 ,the youngest child of nine .my three elder brothers were...

V.E.Day: In Liverpool

There was much for us to be happy about and people danced in the streets and the pubs stayed open all day...

A Near Miss in Edge Lane

She made communication equipment for submarines.Living in Wallasey she had to get a boat over to Liverpool...

World War 2: How It Affected My Grandma

When World War 2 started on 3rd September 1939 my grandma was 14 years old....

Liverpool May Blitz

My Mum and her family lived in Edge Hill close to the sidings at Edge Hill station where her Father worked...

Memories of bombing raids: Liverpool Blitz

During air-raids, if he was playing out with his older brother, John, the warden would pop them down the...

A Near Miss!

We lived in the Newsham Park area of Liverpool, right next to Lister Drive power station. I will never...

Save The Shopping!

During WWII my Nan lived in an end of terrace house in Liverpool, with her parents, 2 brothers and two...

1939 Evacuation

I was given a tin of corn beef, a packet of biscuits and crackers... I was put in the back of a...

Baby Doll

My mother was upset as it was my birthday on Christmans day and they had bought me a dolls pram. The pram...

The Blitz

My brother was taken prisoner of war in Italy, where he survived as he escaped. My brother was taken...

My War Time

After the bombing raids I went to see my aunt in Walton... We had a lodger who worked in the fire service...

The Potato

The Story of the Potato. By the time the baby was on solid food, there was an acute shortage of potatoes in...

Black Market Queen

My Grandmother was the black market Queen in Elsmere Port to one of the big stores where she was a friend...

Recognition for the Unsung Heroines

The most profound memories are of lost loved ones - My two elder sisters Winnie and Magsie worked in the...

Family Memories

My Grandmother had to travel from Liverpool to Wrexham to see my Mum. I can remember him showing me a...

Evacuees

I lived in Liverpool, when on September 3rd 1939, I heard over the BBC to keep children away from towns. My...

Russian Convoys

He was torpedoed in the kola inlet near murmansk and was rescued by a russian trawler and survived. he...

Education during the War

I attended Eller Green Road senior school near Townsend Avenue, but it closed around 1940-41, during the...

Riding Home

In 1940/41, when I was about 14 or 15, I was working at Hunts Cross Station kiosk, selling newspapers,...

Nicking Donuts

My Dad was ten, full of beans but lacking donuts. Donut tummy ache afterwards but they tasted sweet Dad...

Air Raids

Suddenly one of the coal lids leading to the coal cellars popped open and our uncle came out with out any...

Boarding School Memory

My father was working on the railways in the Gold Coast and my mother was employed as a book-keeper at...

Evacuation from Bootle,Liverpool to Kington Herefordshire

Her school, Bootle High School for Girls took over a house called Hergest Croft in Kington....

Watching the Planes from the Outside Loo.

As a little girl I wanted the loo so we called into the outside toilet of one of the houses that was...