Working Through War

Memories of the Blitz in Birmingham

When war broke out I was 13 years old and living in Birmingham where we had really bad bombing —...

My War Effort

Some girls would go to the Rainbow Club at Piccadilly Circus where the Americans would give nylon stockings...

A Very Rural War

I left on a Friday and on the Monday I started to work in a teashop, the Mary Elizabeth Tearoom, in the...

In the NAAFI, Sheffield and Horsham

I had to catch three buses to get to Sheffield from my home which was in a village Nr Barnsley,it was...

The Munition Filling Station

I joined the munition filling station at Thorp Arch... The bombs were huge; the men who filled them had to...

War and the Farmer - The Home Front

In 1939 my grandparents were farmers in the little village of Calthwaite, in Cumbria... German and Italian...

From Fairey Swordfish to the Admiralty

I joined the family firm Blackburn Aircraft which had a shadow factory at Sherburn-in-Elmet making Fairey...

Work Experience 1941-1944

Introduced to workmates then to Donnington M.O.D. Sent to work with a Cable Jointer, taking tools with us...

Working as a Hairdresser

Dancers was a large store with both a barbers and a hairdressers selling expensive cosmetics by Elizabeth...

Liverpool Corporations War Effort: 1939 - 1945

During the Second World War I was employed as an engineering Tradesman in the 'City Engineers...

A Dirty Job

These trains only had one toilet at each end of the train so by the time the trains reached Swindon they...

Grandma Purnell: Life in Billingham

My father worked at "ICI" Billingham and as he worked in the oil works producing fuel for the war...

Sleepless Nights in Frank Whittle's Lutterworth

One was from London – his brother was eventually brought over, as the bombing was so bad in London....

Jungle Work: A Civil Engineer in Burma

In 1941 he was taken into the Indian Engineers as an advisor and worked on the Burma Road between Imphal...

Women Working Long Hours in Engineering

Bert designed and made all the special purpose equipment on which precision components were manufactured,...

A Bank Clerk's War

There was a great shortage of petrol and whereas in the past it had been normal for trips to be made to...

An Interview of Amelia and Mildred about the War.

An Interview of Amelia and Mildred about the War. This is the interview of Mildred and Amelia, taken place...

My War Story

I left school in 1939 the year war broke out, and joined the P.O. laboratory in King Edward building, which...

How Times Have Changed

Though I am 83 now, I was 18 years of age when I actually went in the W.A.A.F. but had seen the...

Work in the Laundry

I lived in Silfield on the outskirts of Wymondham and worked in the laundry on the Norwich Road... There...

The Mask

During the war, I was stationed at Wisbech in Cambridgeshire as Senior Woman Officer... I'm sure...

My Parents Contribution

Dad took part in D-Day and admits to being scared... But this was not to be, as one minute they were...

Working at Mappin and Webbs, Sheffield

I worked at Mappin and Webbs, Silversmiths, Sheffield for four war years....

A Musician's War

I played in lots of bands because I played the piano and saxophone. I was stationed all over, in Wales and...

On the railway

Before the war started, I was employed by the London North-Eastern railway, Tyneside Electrifed area as a...

BBC Radio Engineer

One of the four engineers at the Adderley Park Transmitter had gone to join the RAF Reserve and they needed...