Manchester

Everyday Life in a Village East of Manchester during War

On most days I used to go to the local railway station to meet my father returning from work in Manchester...

Ken Cockshott-Wartime memories.

I got to Piccadilly, they gave me some polythene to sheet up the doors and windows... Joined the boy...

Ken Cockshott-Snapshots of War.

My Mother told me to go to Groves and Whitnall Brewery at Regents Bridge, Manchester was burning. Became an...

Love that Survived the Devastation of the Blitz.

On the night of the Manchester Blitz in December 1940 we were having tea with some friends when the bombing...

Lancaster Bombers built by " Girls "

My mother Florence Bannerman often tells me about her contribution during the second " World War"....

Kept Safe During the Manchester Blitz by "BK"

My memories of World War 2 are numerous, but one I shall always remember is of the night of the Christmas...

Snapshots and Memories: During the Manchester Blitz

Me and some of my colleagues were stranded during an air raid in a shelter in Piccadilly Gardens....

True Love: In Manchester and Durham

The romance with my wife has been going for more than 60 years and was really cemented when as a young...

Wartime memories by Dorothy Roylance (nee Jeffrey)

Our town had its share of Air Raids and bombs, and we were soon able to distinguish between "our"...

Childhood memories of wartime Edgeley by Ken Heath

I lived in Edgeley, and my Godmother lived in Chapel Street, and a bomb dropped in the middle of the lawn...

Salvage

The first salvage collected earned you the rank of 'Private' and then progression through the ranks...

Near Misses in Clayton

The Clayton area in Manchester was a target for the Luftwaffe because of the local chemical and steel...

Memories of wartime Reddish by "Jeananna"

The great British Restaurant must have been a life-saver for working mums' kids. Shrewsbury biscuits...

Manchester Blitz

In December 1940 my husband, Sid, who was on leave from the army, and I had been visiting his mother in...

Peter Bamford

My father was the Sergeant Mayor of the Home Guard in Crumpsall and my mother was the switchboard operator...

A "Doodle Bug" falls on Adswood, Stockport by "Marjorie"

Mercifully it fell mostly in the gardens of a pair of semis, and although the houses were damaged, the...

A Young Teenager in the War

The only time Hyde was bombed was the night of the Manchester blitz... When I was 16 I wanted to join the...

Purley Evacuee [P.Jenner]

Several London boroughs had arranged for children to be moved immediately from the city and saw a long line...

Peter Bamford-Wartime Memories.

My father was the Sergeant Mayor of the Home Guard in Crumpsall and my mother was the switchboard operator...

Fish Tanks and German Planes

At nine years old Lilian went to St. Mary's School in Manchester... The water had wet a lot of books...

Evacuee: From Salford to Morecombe Bay

In September 1939, I was evacuated to Grange-over-Sands,on Morecombe Bay, from Salford, near Manchester....

Water shortages during the Manchester Blitz by "B.K."

After a night of heavy bombing trying to hit the Salford Docks and a nearby hospital, which was hard hit,...

A child in Gorton during World War Two by "Nick"

Nick’ was about eleven years old and living in Gorton during World War Two....

Julia

Bonfire smoke curls lazily skyward while an elderly man "digs for victory", glimpsed by a small...

Regrets-Mary's Story

I volunteered for VFOP voluntary friends for older people,and have been visiting Maryfor 4 years.Weve often...

Celebrating My 21st Birthday in May 1945 by "B.K."

I was surprised to find one or two nearby friends and relations in the house, and the table laid with...