Somerset

Small Town Memories

Our small town was no target for bombers although we had to keep a strict blackout. My elder brother joined...

Church Search

Another incident I recall was regarding Wiveliscombe Church, built circa 1790, where there was a huge...

Animal's Galore - An Evacuees Story

I was at home for a little while and then went with another lot of evacuees to Somerset. The Billeting...

Rural Contrasts

During the phoney war, we were all evacuated to Castle Carig in Somerset with many other children who were...

I Was an Evacuee

We went by coach to London Terminus, Waterloo Station, and went by train to Bridgewater, Somerset, and then...

My War, South London

In a short time, we three girls were attending St. Katherine's school near Taunton: I as a boarder, and...

Chemical Warfare in WW2

At the end of our training the Company was despatched to Porlock ,in Somerset, to carry out practical...

Life without my Husband

I lived in Bridgewater while my husband Ernest Lloyd was stationed there with the Army in 1941... After the...

My Childhood Memories of Somerset and Devon

Most of my childhood years till the war ended was travelling gas mask and baggage from Somerset to Plymouth...

Polishing Coffins as an Evacuee by Olive Cole

Evacuee children went on some days and the village children on others....

A Bristol Schoolboy's Contribution

While I was towing the drum the onshore crew was tracking me with some sort of Asdic device, since I could...

My War

We had an Anderson shelter in our garden and after the ‘all clear’ one morning in 1941, we...

The Bombed House - A Near Miss

We realised later on that if our lodger, whom I later married, had been at home that night would have been...

Wartime in rural Somerset

At that time my father was secretary of the Taunton and District Homing Society, and our pigeons were on...

A Boy Remembers The Home Front

One day in March 1941, after circling high over the town, a German bomber dived down and attacked the...

Life Can Be An Adventure, Enjoy It

My father was sent to Farmborough aircraft factoryWe lived at Cove and going outside the front door one...

Vonda's Story: Memories of Pill, Somerset

Fay had to walk all of the way to St. Georges from Pill just to get 3 pence worth potatoes to feed...

Evacuees and Home Guard in Keynsham

In September we children wandered down to the school hall to see the, mostly parentless, evacuees arrive...

A Civil Servant in Bath - Light Wartime Memories of a Firewatcher

On returning to my billet one morning after firewatching at the office, I found that during the previous...

Sitting Next to the Mayor

I found myself sitting next to an imposing figure, the guest of honour, the Mayor of Taunton, Councillor...

The Arrival of the Army: In Street, Somerset

They were a bit unruly and decided to ride the steer on Wyrral, and climbed the monument in Glastonbury,...

Evacuation to Somerset

Adrienne, was evacuated with her cousin Eunice in May 1941 from Southmead to Misterton, nr Crewkerne......

An Evacuee's Story: From the East End to Ilminster, Somerset

I was born in the East End of London and was evacuated to Somerset with my two brothers and a sister when...

Foden's War

Still no joy, and then finally I was called up and went into the Royal Navy ending up as an air mechanic...

Jewish Man stationed at Air Force in Cardington [G.Listgarten]

My younger brother and myself both decided to join the Air Force, we both went to Cardington, we both had...

Women Working Long Hours in Engineering

Bert designed and made all the special purpose equipment on which precision components were manufactured,...