Norfolk

A Farming Experience

I worked on my father's farm near Pulham Market near Diss in Norfolk during the war. The Ministry of...

A Barnardo Boy in Norfolk.

From Boys' Garden City, Woodford Bridge, we were taken to Euston Hall, Euston Village, Elverton, near...

The Day War Broke Out

As a prison officer, he worked at Norwich prison and once war was in progress he was in charge of prisoners...

Norfolk Childhood

I lived in Norfolk in a small village between Norwich and Yarmouth and we had an Anderson Shelter and every...

A Plane for a Playground

After it was cleared by bomb disposal we were able to play on it. I could flap the wings, get the landing...

The Man with the Sack

In this sack he would have tinned peaches, pears, and pineapples. We just wanted sweet things like tinned...

An Army Instructor's War

I was the supervisor of the swimming pool in Brewery Lane and Bella worked with me before the war....

My Lost Brother

On the first of May 1945 , my brother Ron was fiihing in the Wash , he was 16teen years of age...

Lights in the Sky

There was fighting in the sky, lights and bombers. My aunt told me that it was a special treat, a firework...

Walking Home from Hoveton

My husband recalls the time when walking home from school at Hoveton with friends, when they were shot at...

Memories of Italian POWs

She told me a story about the Italian PoW's who worked on the farm....

An Early Arrival: Born Prematurely in Norwich 1940

I grew up at Sparham Rectory where I lived with my Grandfather. One of my earliest recollections as a small...

Doodlebug Memories

I was very young at the time and living in Great Fransham near Dereham in Norfolk. A Doodlebug, that would...

My Sledge

This included all the clothing, my mother's collection of lace table cloths, and most dramatic of all...

Dornier 17 on 3 September 1939

At 7 a.m. on the morning of 3 September 1939 my father in law clealry recalls going for a w alk on...

My First Days of War

I loved riding, so decided to join the Norfolk Yeomanry, but it had been mechanised two years earlier! We...

The Blood Donor

It was VE Day and my friend and I decided to become blood donors. It was a very hot day and my...

GRANDMA LILY FOX

Memories of the Norwich Blitz

As the first sirens sounded and bombs fell on Norwich we would hasten downstairs, and like so many others...

Lifetime experiences.

I was born on October 8th, 1919, on a farm in Pulaski County, Indiana... When I told him, he asked me to...

ARMAMENTS IN NORFOLK

During the war I visited my wife, Kathryn Randall, who remained in Carleton Rode... However, I often went...

Mistaken Identity

My Grandad Moved from the borders of Scotland to Norfolk at the beginning of the Second World War... My...

Agriculture in Norfolk

At the beginning of the war I worked in the Fens around Feltwell reclaiming land for agriculture, but my...

AFTER WORK WITH THE LAND ARMY

When I was 18 yrs old I had to work in the Land Army. After 4 yrs as a land girl I...

My Orford

He wrote an Addendum to "The Great Light" which contains two chapters, Beachcombing and Shipwrecks...

Mrs Cholmondley / Mrs Bottomley!

The Manageress was called Mrs Cholmondley and she took great pains to point out that this should be...