Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Mice!

During the war I was only about three but I can still remember wearing a red siren suit nad a Mickey Mouse...

Giants at War

My first childhood memory, aged 4, in 1940 is of sitting on a bunk in a rather damp cellar under my...

A Few Memories

Norman Sykes, my uncle, who lived at Haugh Lane, Wombwell was a war correspondent. My dad was in the air...

When My Nana Got Gassed

My nana used to tell us this story quite often as though she thought that she was part of the war because...

One or Two Memories of the War

I had four sisters and my mam had us sitting in a line on the settee as my dad didn't think the...

Memories from Visitors to Age Concern Eastfield Day Centre, Sheffield

These are the memories captured from visitors to the Eastfield Day Centre in Sheffield....

Sewing Factories

I worked in a sewing factory making shirts but they turned us over to make battle dress. If you were...

Evacuation to Mansfield

I was evacuated to Mansfield to have the baby with more mothers who were expecting... I registered the baby...

I Was a Spy in the War - Aged 7 yrs

When I was seven years old we lived in a little village near Barnsley, in a semi-detached house next to a...

Fairy Lights and Mickey Mouse

He remembers also when at school the children sang nursery rhymes in the shelter even when they wore their...

Evacuees: In Sheffield

He was seeking accomodation for evacuees who had come from London and had nowhere to stay.There were...

A Bevan Boy's memory

My brother Albert was 16 in 1942 and he was called up and sent down the coal mines as a Bevan Boy...

Landlord's Tale: Worsbrough Dale, Barnsley

An allotment holder had two pigs, which had to be declared to Ministry of Agriculture, but he only declared...

Starry Eyed in 1945

I wanted to look like a film star and show my friends and family the intention to become an actress in...

A Teenage Memory

I worked in a new firm in Bessemer Road, Attercliffe for just four days... I got a tram to Bessemer Road,...

Childhood Memories

As a young child I remember seeing the Americans arrive in Dawley... I used to play with evacuees sent to...

Home Guard Action

I was in the Edlington Home Guard and I can remember Conisbrough Home Guard used to attack us and we'd...

Sheffield Blitz

I can remember one event very clearly, it was a Saturday night and I had gone to the Sheffield Empire with...

Steel Works Mould Setter

My Grandfather during the war was a Mould Setter in the Firth and John Browns Steel Works. Henry George...

Watching as the Germans bombed Sheffield

I can remember looking through the bedroom window as the Germans bombed Sheffield....

Lighter Side for Kids, Sheffield

My introduction to the Police force when the local Bobby called to tell us we had an un-exploded bomb in...

Blitz Warped War Entertainment

During airaids 1939/45 in Shefieldwhen I was 2/4 years old my mother and many other parents would take...

Evacuation to East Leek

After that we were evacuated to East Leek, Loughborough... We used to get the bus from Worksop to Sheffield...

Young Women during the War

I had ups and downs and sadness but one thing was always with you — true friendship, which in my case...

Doodlebug Night

The oldest boy and the girl made their home with us. One night during the war the doodlebugs came over and...

Home Guard at Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

The photograph that Pat Kelly submitted is of a Home Guard Unit assembled on the Spion Cop at Sheffield...