Working Through War

Audrey Clegg's Story

I had three brothers, George who was 20 and an air force pilot, Eric who was 18 and had gone into the...

Life as a Teacher during WW2 Part 3

It reminds me of my two Youth Lieutenants, Gareth and John Newton who helped me run the Youth Club at...

A Railwayman's War: Part 5

Doodle Bugs I had many close encounters with Doodle-Bugs, Hitler VI Flying Bombs. What woke me up, I...

The Bombing of Parnalls Aircraft Factory of Yate

My parents were licensees of the Railway Hotel in Yate during the War and of course they were very busy...

When the Sirens Sounded

In case I am, and in case it is of any interest — here is one of the fairly regular occurrences which...

Bombing Our Land: The Military Camp in Trawsfynydd

Henry, the prisoner of war from Germany was always very tidy, and every day he used to take his bed linen...

Growing up During WW2: Working in Munitions and the Land Army

First of all making 20m.m. shell cases, the factory was outside of Derby in a small village called...

Torpoint and Gorsen Street

They flew low over the Dockyard wall, passing immediately over our office. This time the attack came from...

Memoirs of a 15 Year Old Girl

We were sent from Doncaster to Kenwick Hall in Louth, Lincolnshire... Meanwhile the Dixons daughters had a...

Working at Minns' Factory, Oxford

We both left the hospital and went to work for Minns of Botley, for more money, and to be on exempt work....

From W Blott & Sons, Drapery to Munitions at Chimney Corner

I was tying up sticks of cordite which was hard, in sticks like pencils, the colour of maccaroni, and then...

Nancy's Story

When she visited Bristol to see her friend, lots of houses had been bombed and were on fire... They got...

Life as a Teacher during WW2 Part 2

Canterbury School came to the St Austell area at the suggestion of Gerald Knight, organist at Canterbury...

The 'Hut'

She worked at Walton Library, but this central library was evacuated for a first aid post during war. She...

Mum Made Spitfire Bullets

Mum told me that when Woolwich was bombed the factory was moved the Swynnerton in Staffordshire. Mum worked...

A Civil Servant in Bath - Light Wartime Memories of a Firewatcher

On returning to my billet one morning after firewatching at the office, I found that during the previous...

Margaret Emerson Wartime Memories

Kerry, Southern Ireland, one of 17 children, 8 sisters and 8 brothers. I lived in London working as a...

Wartime Memories: The Messenger Boy

Through the Sea Cadets I got a job as a Messenger Boy for the Naval Department at the Ministry of...

No Choice of Jobs

I grew up in a little hamlet called Elcome, just outside Wroughton near Swindon. He joined the Navy during...

David Simpson-Catch and Rivet Boy

I started work as a Catch and Rivet Boy at Victoria Yard, Harland and Wolff, Belfast in 1945 - just as...

Memories of a Southampton-born Lady [E.George : Part 3]

My brother was on a motor torpedo boat all from Southampton all through the war in around 1941 then he was...

Going Home from Work

I lived in Richmond and I remember spending months at a time sleeping in the Anderson shelter in our...

Con."3 Friends One Survivor"

There was a strongly held belief that the "Mazawatee Tea Factory" chimney adjoining the canal,...

Working in the Shipping Yard

I started work as a Catch and Rivet Boy at Victoria Yard for Harland and Wolff in 1945 just as WW2 was...

How it Began: John Side 1

It has been written by his daughter Lyn Davis who kindly provided it to the Thanet Libraries and UK-Online...

My First Job

The tanning powder was popular because there were no stockings to be had and women and girls would put the...