Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Some Thoughts on Childhood during WW2

Saturday rambles were arranged by Mrs Layboume in which we toured the Porter Valley from Endcliffe Park to...

The Sheffield Blitz

By the time we got to the top of Bevercotes Road there was little sign of any bomb damage and at Firth...

Wartime Childhood in Sheffield

My most vivid memories were two particular ones, the 12th and 15th of December 1940,the nights of Sheffield...

Bills Story

To facilitate this my Battery was moved to a place at Bulwell Hall just outside of Nottm, but I was one of...

Bills Story 3

When we had waterproofed all the vehicles they all had to be tested and this meant going into...

Memories of WWII in Industry

This information was gleaned from my wife's brother who was employed as the Chief Engineer for...

Evacuation from Leeds CHAPTERS 11, 12 & 13

Miss Mildred’ wasn't much older than Louie and so the poor girl, felt uncomfortable in the...

A Yorkshire Recce Driver's Early War Memories

I returned to Ireland and on my next leave stayed at a hostel in Romford to be near to Audrey. After I...

Recollections of Ordinary Experiences during Extra-ordinary Times -Part One

It took about 2 weeks for the team to complete the first issue for the whole of Cudworth — we worked...

My Dads Reluctant Story Chapter 1

In addition to the normal crew of seven, 101 Lancasters carried an additional, special wireless operator,...

The Lighter Side of War - Chapter 1 TA RASC 39th Ack-Ack Sheffield. A father's advice - June 1938

R.W. Reid, D. R. Langford and Winthorpe Halls A4222333 Chapter 2b George Bennett shows naked ambition...

Evacuation from Leeds 14,15 & 16

Just before Christmas, Aunt Kath was extremely busy and so allowed her young son Derek, to come and stay at...

Tragedy At Beighton - A Rail Accident: Soldiers on their way to Service

The accident occurred approximately 200 yards south of Beighton station and about the equivalent distance...

Women at War - Timber Corps Girl

I would be sixteen shortly, and Dad who now worked for the Home Timber Production Dept., was sent to take...

Evacuation from Leeds CHAPTERS 17 & 18

This life took its toll on Bernard and the state of his health was distressing Aunt Lil and Mrs Elam. I...

Walkley in War. Wartime Childhood in Sheffield.

Friday, Dad's pay day was always special we would have tripe and onions with mashed potatoes and what...

Life in Old Bramhope in Wartime - Part 1

We had to learn the warnings; for gas it was a wooden rattle that was swung round by the warden to produce...

Recollections of Ordinary Experiences during Extra-ordinary Times -Part Two

We were billeted in wooden huts, about 30 girls in each — at one end of the hut was a little...

The Blitz: Sheffield

The children stared at their mother in terror, their ears strained against the uncanny silence, listening...

Watch Your 'Snap'

Tubs of coal came from two miles away along a main haulage tunnel from the coalface to the pit bottom......

What Did You Do In The War Daddy? -Part 3 (Chapter4)

I got there in the late afternoon only to find that my Troop were occupying a gunsite, equipped again with...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 2a: 39th Ack-Ack Newark, Notts. R.W. Reid, D. R. Langford and Winthorpe Halls

Names Reg remembers from those far-off days are Privates George Bennett, Pete Underwood, Will Wright, Stan...

Growing Up in War time: In Rotherham Part 1

Dad dug the hole for it into the clay ground of the garden and when it rained the water drained into the...

Wartime Memories 1940 - 1946 (Continued)

I must have fallen asleep straight away, as in what only seemed minutes, there was the Petty Officer coming...

Barbara Barnes War memories Part One

Anyway, in October I went to Penn House in York, but I was not officially in the army... By then I had...

The Home Guard at Birley East Colliery

Introduction The articles on the Home Guard and the Bevin Boys plus its follow up chapter The Overseas...