Norfolk

Working at the Photographer's

It was only a short journey from Norwich Thorpe Station to where my grandma lived in Marlingford. Because...

Blondie 3 (Memories of Harry Conley)

Flying in over Eastern England, Blondie was out of gas, her fourth engine had been shot out and so over a...

A Norfolk Village War

I was nineteen years old in the year that war broke out and I was living with my parents, Henrietta and...

Wartime Memories in Norwich and Ely

In the raid of April 1942 we were lucky to escape uninjured owing to the fact that as we lived in a...

What did You do in the War, Phyllis?

I went to the factory with two other girls from Wymondham, Winnie Lister, who still lives in Orchard Way...

Bombs in Great Ryburgh

Bomb One: In 1942 we lived in a railway house by the side of the railway line near The Maltings in Great...

Saving the Evacuees by Alec Titchener

My sisters went to one place, and me and my brother went to another, all in Eastbourne. We used to stand...

Making the Most of Life

I bought a pair of buckskin shoes and died them, but ruined my tweed skirt and my petticoat in the process...

Through the Eyes of a Teenager WW2 Peoples War

Landmines were dropped, the whole cottage shook and curtains billowed out as I stood at the top of the...

Lovers and Losers

Leaving the chip shop I cycled up to the nearby porch of St. James's church to enjoy my meal. The...

A Child's View

Mother got us out of bed when the air raid sirens went and put us all under the long wooden kitchen table...

My Grandads Evacuation Story - A sad story

All the children from seperate schools had to stay in chalets but they were in short supply so my Grandad...

Vase or Vaze!

Joyce Mc Rickus Our VE Day Street party took place when I was 14, we had wired up a gramophone on a...

"You Owe Me Three Quid!"

One day, after leaving the castle, I discovered that my bike had been stolen and on the way home I reported...

Housing Evacuees in Wymondham

My husband had picked a 13 year old girl, Jean, and her 7 year old brother , Tony, to live next door...

Making Do in Wartime Norwich

When they bombed and fired Norwich I went to stay with my mother because she had a cellar to shelter in. It...

Childhood Experiences during World War Two in Norfolk

I lived in a very isolated cottage at Catfield in Norfolk. It was a local joke that the Americans survived...

Bombers at Buckenham

A rather different incident was when a badly damaged Lancaster made a forced landing having had the...

In Respect to All that Served for Our Country

He was awarded the India star, Burma star, and France and Germany star, and two gongs. He would tell many...

Blitz on Norwich

My brother and his wife were bombed out of their house in York Street so they came up to mother's to be...

A Child's Courage in Wartime

From Surlingham we could watch the air raids in Norwich in safety. My sister came home from the playing...

War Life in Norwich

I was at home in Norwich with my two children during World War Two, while my husband, Cecil, was away with...

Sounds and Smells of War: Childhood Memories of Norwich

The first bomb I saw being dropped from a plane happened when I was fielding a ball during school sports in...

Spotters Tower

In December 1940 the family home was bombed at Carrow Hill, my father had arrived home from a night shift...

The Night of the Blitz: Childhood Memories of Norwich April 1942

We had a little Norwich canary called Jimmy, and Mum used to insist that he came into the shelter with us....

Hospital Work in Wartime

I was living in Norwich during the war and working at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital as a laundry maid. I...