Manchester

A Personal Letter from Mrs Churchill

In February 1942, her efforts were rewarded with a thank you letter from the Prime Minister's wife...

Olive's Whalemeat Disaster

One day she decided to buy some whale meat for dinner... She informed her mother of this who then decided...

Welcome to Manchester

Christmas 1940- it was my first introduction to manchester... I was brought into Manchester on Christmas...

My Uncle Peter's Kind Act in the Manchester Blitz

He then realised he had no pants on and was still very 'green'. His Uncle Peter saw how...

No Talking

But my paternal Grandfather James Goddard and my Great Uncle Percy Makin were in protected occupations -...

Saved By The Fridge

So my Dad unplugged the fridge and we all huddled together inside. Nobody could believe we had survived...

House Saved

My grandparents, John and Catherine McManus, lived in Stockport during the war... A few minutes later he...

Wartime food shortages by "Joy"

During the food shortages in the Second World War, my Father decided to buy some hens, hoping the eggs they...

The Girl in the ATS!

After intensive clerical training at Walthamstow, SW England I joined the 44th ACK Brigade as a clerk....

Boyhood in Wartime Salford

I was 8 years of age when the war started and lived in a terraced house in Salford Docklands. We had to...

Manchester Blitz 1941:BBC Piccadilly

My father worked nights at the BBC in Piccadilly, Manchester....

V.E. Night

On VE Night I went with my parents to a performance of 'Peer Gynt' at the Manchester Opera House...

Just Getting on with Things

I worked in a Munition factory in Oldham - often worked nights. We didn't get particulary bombed - we...

Memories of WWII: Rationing Near Manchester

His family was allowed 2 eggs a month, and hardly any meat, butter or sugar... When conscription began, his...

A CHILDHOOD LIVING NEAR MANCHESTER DURING WORLD WAR 2

I was 4 and half years old when World War Two started.My first memory was the talk of men being 'called...

RAF billeting in private homes

A friend of mine recently told me that as a small boy in the war, he remembered having 2 RAF men at...

Olives Ugly Doll

I recall my mother going out on Christmas Eve to work - I also knew she intended to get me a doll...

Reserve Occupation: A Docker in Ipswich

He was a docker in the local docks but some of the time he was a steel erector, Ipswich was very lucky...

Memories of evacuation

I was evacuated from Manchester to Darwen in Lancashire... My father considered that to be sent to Darwen...

Oldham at War/Munition Worker

Oldham had quite a few bombs. I was conscripted for munitions and worked three years working on shells at...

The U-Boat War in the Atlantic.

Although Norman was born on Xmas day 1929 in Moston,Manchester the family moved to Pickmere - soon moving...

Scary Bananas

Slowly, he untied the string, and carefully removed the brown paper to reveal a large bunch of bananas....

My Grandfather the Fireman

My grandfather worked as a fireman during the war... He worked on Sale firestation and stayed there until...

Manchester Blitz

Although we were not living in the centre of Manchester, it was a horrible experience....

Can Anyone Help?

I would like to know if anyone knew my grandpa, his name is John William Purcell and was in the RAF, he...

Safe

I was in Manchester about 1940 in the Fallowfield area. My father was working nights and we slept in the...