Working Through War

School Evacuees

They chose the children they fancied, gave addresses to the billeting officer. Boys were not wanted but as...

What did You do in the War, Phyllis?

I went to the factory with two other girls from Wymondham, Winnie Lister, who still lives in Orchard Way...

Fruit Picking in Scotland

During Assembly one day, the Headmistress told us that pupils from all over Scotland were being recruited...

Pigeons in Wartime

Pigeons were used by the military for carrying messages.Troops sometimes took them on operations, and each...

Volunteering for the RAF

The partners and a number of senior staff had been evacuated to Edgware but as I was relatively junior at...

Village Life and the WVS: In Kexborough, Barnsley

The next job for the WVS was meeting evacuees at Barnsley Exchange Station....

The Milk Van

So I started driving a milk van, delivering milk for the Co-op Dairy. It ended up with me having to take...

Wartime Memories (part two)

Anyway, after our earlier lives as 'bus drivers in Birmingham it was like heaven being in the Army... I...

Keeping the home fires fed and other rabbiting stories

One day Reg and I; farm dog and gun arrived at a large field, rose a rabbit near a gate ... Reg's...

Recollections of Colin Metcalfe, Part 3, The rest of the war : National savings weeks, hair cuts and news

There was not a lot of good war news, though I recall being at the cinema when a hand-written slide was...

Memories of a Childhood in Wartime Manchester by Jean Williams

Mum worked as a machinist during the day, whilst Dad was away, and worked nights at the Kardamah Cafe in...

Greenock Blitz and Scott's Shipbuilders

'They were found temporary accommodation in the shipyard in the old drawing office which we worked...

Living and Working in Bridport During the War Years

This system - using coupons as money - limited the amount of stock you could carry... Tanks and lorries...

I Worked in Munitions

In Highgate, there was a communal shelter in the school yard, for the whole village. During the Sheffield...

My work as a basket weaver during ww2

The beginning of the second world war found me as a student at the King's Manor School for the Blind in...

Ron Evan's Story

To the first German the corporal said “What's your name” to which he replied “I do...

A Teenager's Recollection of the Second World War Part 2; The April Fool's Day Tradition

It was, however, the "Manchester Screw-Driver" con trick that appealed mostly to my sense of...

Memories of World War Two

Then when I was at home I went to our village hall in Birtley to teach the British, Yanks and Polish...

My life in Derbyshire during the war

The week after the war finished we took the train to Blackpool for a week. My husband was a coal miner and...

Wartime Memories

I worked as an electrical welder at Foster Yates and Thoms during the second world war in the Fabrication...

War, Bombs and Romance

On my days off I would go to the Hippodrome Theatre on Corporation Street to see shows or to The Victoria,...

Youth Verus Wisdom

In 1937 I started working in the expense accounts offices, Devonport Dock yard. Our office was in south...

Factories and Fun

This was how I found myself working in a factory in North London, helping to make four-engined heavy...

Returning from the War and Work

The men got a cockerel, the lads got 100 Players cigarettes, and the girls got a half pound box of...

Who am I?

I am Charles Cater I was born in Boston - Lincolnshire in 1925 being the sixth born and saw many hard times...

Aunt Joyce Worked in a Factory

My Aunt Joyce worked in an iron factory....