Surrey

A Youngster in Selsdon [T.Pickett]

I was raised in Selsdon, near Croydon in Surrey. My dad was an air raid warden and would have to go and...

Evacuation: Croydon

Despite being just five miles south of the heavily bombed Croydon the local schools were not evacuated; at...

Is there a Bomb in our Village Pond?

I have a theory that there is a bomb in our village pond. Remember, none of the bombs exploded, so if my...

Guildford Doodlebug

I was alone when — overhead — there came the ominous and distinctive chug-chug of a flying...

A Woman in the Fire Service

Eventually two young German airmen aged 17 or 18 years, gave themselves up at the local pub The Bricklayers...

War in Sanderstaed: A Five to Seven Year Old's View

I was 5 years old watching my dad prune the roses in our garden when he told me that he would be...

The Start of the War: Dorking

The town of Dorking in Surry, is only twenty-four miles from London, but it was deemed to be a safe area,...

Wartime Memories of a Northampton ATS Girl

We lived in Tanner Street, near the gasworks, in Northampton. I was stationed at Purbright Camp for two and...

Bombs

From that time on, although we escaped the heavy bombing of nearby Croydon and London, the odd plane would...

One WAAF's Involvement in D-Day

All the balloon sites used to telephone me in the morning and tell me how many gas cylinders they required....

Childhood Memories of D-Day

He turned his wireless up to full volume to enable the school to hear John Snagg announce that our troops...

Childhood Reminiscences of Lingfield in Surrey

I remember when our village, Lingfield, was bombed... The second bomb had hit the village school...

Doodlebugs and Parachutes

My father who was in the Royal Marines was posted to the Admiralty in London to guard Sir Winston Churchill...

Battle of Britain: As Seen by a Child

We ran or I was run.My feet hardly touched the ground.that hand pulled me through the air,down the...

"I Was Shoved Face Down in the Muck"

I joined the Women's Land Army when I was 21 and was sent to train on a farm in Robertsbridge. I never...

A Memory Of D-Day

I was 10 years’ old, my father was in Italy with the army, and I lived with my mother, two brothers...

collecting wood

One dday the where walking between the warehouses pushing there pram full of wood when my mum looked up and...

National Savings Weeks

In one of these weeks a marquee was erected in our village sport field and some lady musicians came to give...

A Young Boy During the War

The next day I remember picking up bits of burnt newspaper, and as you know when paper is burnt the ink...

Childhood Memories

I was 2 when the war started.We lived in Addlestone in Surrey, which was near the Vickers works in...

Doodlebugs and Shrapnel

Borne in 1938 I was just a titch during the Battle of Britain but I reckon I still had the best collection...

Moving

In the meantime my mother had got together everything she could and my dad and uncle began loading up the...

Kathleen Blenkinsop's experiences

The force of the bombs had opened the lid of the gramophone and the jam tarts must have managed to...

One Child's War: Running Away and Games of Cards

Games of cards, down the air-raid shelter and collecting schrapnel, which was pieces of bombs or rockets......

The Parrot story

It should be pointed out that the parrot had lived with us in Roehampton before we moved to Ewell in the...

A Tale to Remember.

One night in 1940 she was half way through a tale about two little pigs hiding in a wood from a wolf...