Norfolk

Memories of Air Raids in Norwich

We lived in Cromer, my grandparents lived in Norwich when Norwich had been raided, I was about 3 or 4 years...

"Careless Talk Can Cost Lives"

The brief story of John and Sheila Walker, who live in New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk, both now in their...

EVACUATION 1939-1942

I was evacuated at the age of 12 from Shoreditch Central School, London to Burnham Market, Norfolk in...

Norwich at War

I don't think the horror of war came home to me until the night my father and I stood at the bedroom...

Getting Away from the Blitz

I lived in south east Peckham, and when they bombed the docks we stood in the road and watched all the...

Great Yarmouth and Thereabouts

As a child I have memories of the Germans bombing Great Yarmouth, and being evacuated with my mother and...

MY FIRST MEMORY

It was built of flint and shady and dark, it was the lodge to a large house and estate... The lady with...

Hartlepools RAF Hero's

Unfortunately, as the aircraft arrived at the base, the Observer was unable to land and Phillip's...

Saved by the ARP: Memories of the Norwich Blitz

I walked down the Back-of-the-Inns, turned right at "Mathes" the bakers shop, walked through the...

Britain's Secret Army - Chapter 1

After General Andrew Thorne had brought 48 Division home from Dunkirk, he was directed to take command of...

War Time Experiences in Great Yarmouth by Joan Andrews

When Mason's Laundry got hit my mother did all the washing for the boys....

Neighbourhood Fundraising

I also received a postcard of thanks from D.C. Price from an HMS stationed in Anglesey. Mum and I knitted...

Present From America

The dispatch to Angel Road School came from The Mayor, Citizens and Children of Boston, Massachusetts and...

The Home Made Shelter

When dad was on Home Guard duty, Mum and I would spend the night down there. Suddenly a German aircraft...

A Near Miss: Strafed by a Heinkel in Watton, Norfolk

February 1941 about 8 o'clock in the morning whilst going to work through the small Market town of...

Cotswolds Memories

I lived in the Cotswolds during the war, and the only time we ever got bombed was when German planes...

A Mother's War

Other people seemed to have much more exciting lives - my best friend Scarlet from Lowestoft was still...

The Baedecker Raids

I was the secretary to the Sections Officer for Number 7 area at Newmarket, Civil Engineers responsible for...

Poem: Evacuated to Norfolk

I was evacuated from the East End of London in September 1939 to the Norfolk village of Beachamwell. I was...

Spies (extract from "Hard Times and Humour: Tasburgh 1939-1970)

He was a British army Captain named Baker. A German plane would fly low over the area where Captain Baker...

Bringing Up Baby Alone

Our son was born in December 1942 and Edward, my husband, was allowed home to see his son when he was two...

Homefront Story

My boyfriend was called up in 1940 and we decided to marry in 1942 at Wymondham Methodist Church. My mum...

A Watime Milk Round

I think that the target was the Town Hall and the bombs landed on an ancient monastery just a short way...

Wedding

Denise was French and worked in the office at Ransomes and Rapiers in Ipswich. A sneak plane had dropped a...

Lucky Escape: 1941

Our Battery of 6 inch guns was stationed on the sand dunes near Yarmouth. Yarmouth was a target for the...

A FARMWORKER’S FAMILY IN TIME OF WAR

Precautions during raids: Robert was called out to emergencies very rarely, but on one occasion a bomb fell...