Working Through War

Memories of Tyne and Wear: The Forestry Service

The lady cried for the dog and the budgie, but not for her husband, I was ok and I walked out of...

School Story

Lord Bath of Longleat was one of the Governors of the school and had said that, if war broke out and the...

Early Days of Radar Manufacture in Northampton

In 1939, just before the war started, the factory was moved to a new site in Bembridge Drive, Kingsthorpe,...

Making Gas Masks

It was at the time of the Munich Crisis and I was a student at Derby Teacher Training College... The masks...

Nottinghams Glider Factory

The ministry of labour then directed her to a large furniture factory in Netherfield... Iris tried...

Memories of War Time in Oxford

Then the office staff were moved from St Johns college to the Clarendon Hotel in Cornmarket Street... The...

Wartime Memories-Faye Margaret Morris

The story was typed and entered on to the site by a CSV volunteer with kind permission of Faye Margaret...

Life as a Teacher During WW2 Part 1

It was winter time and I was told to report for duty at St Ewe village school. The village school was...

Washing for the Airmen

She fell for it, and soon another man joined in; before long others heard about it, and Mum and Nan between...

Joyce's Memories

Both my uncles had joined up one in the army and the other in the marines, my cousin was in the Lancashire...

Early Years of the War

At the start of the last war I was enjoying a summer break with Mum and Dad and my younger brother and...

Margaret's War

I lived in Norris Green then and as a young girl had lots of fun, we used to go to dances twice...

A Mopper's Lot: A Telegram Boy in London

I was 14 years old in 1942, I had left school and started work as a telegram boy at Hammersmith Broadway...

I Made the Fuel Bottle that went in the Torpedo that Sank the Bismarck

I made the fuel bottle that went into the torpedo that then sank the Bismarck....

I Was a Number Taker

As a young girl during the war I remember going to dances with my friend Annie to the Futurist, which was...

Ellen Doherty's Memoirs of WW2: The Mother-in-law

One night the Germans looking for the BSA bombed our house instead with oil bombs, a neighbour threw water...

My Life Before

My brother in law was in the merchant navy and travelled accross the seas... My memories of WW2 are still...

A Factory Girl

Every nationality - American, Canadian, Polish, Australian, New Zealand, Free French could be met at the...

Wartime Memories

I had to walk to Blackhall station on some shifts as there was no transport from Heselden to Blackhall at...

German POW in Kent

When working in the fields harvesting vegetables, the German POW's were made to start at one end of the...

Agnes's Story as Told by the Children of Strand Primary School: Memories of Northern Ireland

Agnes liked to play Hopscoth, Skipping, rounders, two balls and rap the doors and run... When Agnes was...

Early Days in Radar Manufacturing in Northampton

In 1939, just before the war started, the factory was moved to a new site in Bembridge Drive, Kingsthorpe,...

Southampton

As general staff we knew there was a special telephone line to Portsmouth dockyard, where tere was lots of...

War life for a young lady - Gladys Mills

I was born on 30th July 1924 and was 16 when war started, and living in Glanymor Terrace, Northampton. I...

Fishpool in the War

The cook was Miss Emma Stewart and her sister Miss Stewart worked in the nurse's kitchen... Fishpool is...

Mrs. Brooks Remembers [Mrs.Brooks]

I was living in Leicester when the war broke out; just 17 years old and working in a silk factory. Then I...