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15 October 2014
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The Army take over at Manor Farm in Yorkshire!

We used to separate the cream from the milk, and we turned the cream into butter and we used to feed the...

Conscription and Ack-Ack Battery 562

I was ordered to WAAF interview ajoining the Odeon cinema on the mount York. Spent three years mainly on...

A Quiet War

Kelbrook near Skipton. Also the fire- watchers were given stirrup pumps and buckets, which in the case of a...

War Broke Out: Holiday Cut Short - Lincolnshire

I was on holiday with my sister, Holly, in Harrogate when war was declared and we were rushed back to our...

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Big Dog

I was 17 when I joined up, and I was stationed in York's Fulford Barracks. I was on telephone duty one...

Wireless Telegraphy in the Wrens

I joined the Wrens in April 1943 to be trained as a Wireless Telegraphist....

Herbert, Hoses and Water!

Herbert, Hoses and Water. One dayduring the War, my wife's father, Herbert Sefton MM, who was an...

Evacuation and the Declaration of War

Because of the air-raids June, her Mum and Grandmother were evacuated to the countryside... Her Dad stayed...

Life at the Begining

My father Eugene had lost his leg in the first world war at the Battle of Mons so he had a job...

Grandma Hawkin's World War 2 Story: Evacuated to Middlesborough

Middlesborough was a village near York....

My Nan's Story: Evacuated to Middlesborough, Near York

Middlesborough was a village near York....

Tail-End Charlie

My father, Ted Picton, worked as a ground crew mechanic on Whitleys in '41/42 , and Halifaxes at RAF...

Returning Home: My Father, Japanese POW

The first few years of my life were spent with my Mother and Grandparents as my father was a Japanese...

Wartime Food Treats

There were sultanas, cheese and a banana....

Wartime Swaps

As a child during the war, I recall a regular trade in swaps of bits of shrapnel, foreign coins and...

Harrogate's Only Bomb

I think it was 1941, when THE bomb dropped in Harrogate. It fell on the Hotel Majestic -did little damage...

Signalmen Abbott and Gardenericon for Story with photo

The caption reads ‘Signalmen Abbott and Gardener, Catterick Camp, Yorkshire'. Christmas, a time...

When my Grandad was Evacuated

My grandad was evacuated from Leeds to Little Ouseburn in North Yorkshire....

The Misdirected Bomb!

Only one German bomb fell on Harrogate in Yorkshire during WW2, so it is reported... ...this was dropped by...

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