Working Through War

Working in Munitions

I lived in the Stoke area, and worked in the munitions factory at Swynnerton. My brother was an instructor...

Memories of Tyne and Wear: Working in a Munitions Factory

I made parts for fighter planes on a production line, the factory was just beside an RAF airfield, which...

Preparing to Land in Japan

He was also working on a landing craft, shaped like a saucer, which was suitable to land troops and their...

At Trimley During the War.

We were living with my aunt and uncle at Trimley, near Felixstowe. Felixstowe was the base of the torpedo...

Gwen Green's 'near misses' experiences

Another time, we dashed home from work when some sticker bombs came down... One of the bombs landed in the...

Glass in the Soup

During the really fierce bombing of Hull I happened to win a raffle in the reporter's room of the Hull...

Working in Munitions

I worked at Farrantis on ammunitions, I was on a driller in metal, we made the things that you bombed with....

My War -Beryl Moore

A V bomb fell on part of Bush House... I also did fire watch at Bush House and often went to Somerset...

Vauxhall Motors

We ate in the Vauxhall canteen. I worked for Vauxhall until January 1946, when I left of my own accord...

My Wartime Story

My father and uncle both worked for the same company of ‘E.R.Watts & Co’ in Camberwell...

A WOMAN IN A MAN'S WORLD

I was a shy, timid 23 year old girl living in Islington in London when I had to give up my job...

Washed Lobby

I remember my brother used to sell sticks for fire wood and he bought himself a horse and cart and then a...

Bomb Scare

In the early Nineteen Forties when I was 15 was working for my Father in the Family Baker's business,as...

When the Doodlebug Hit the school

In 1944 I was living in Yew Tree flats in the Horsham Road Cranleigh and on one Sunday morning lying in bed...

Making do and mending in Greenock

During the war I worked in the ammunitions factory in Bishopton. Friends of mine from Hillend Drive were...

My Memories: Working at the Lichfield Laundry

Just to recall my memories of the war years i was 16 when war broke out and was working at the lichfield...

Beattie's Story

I used to go dancing at the Embassy ball room but was always with my husbands sister... My two brothers...

Working in the munitions factory

I worked at Radway Green munitions factory for 3 years around 1941... I worked in the loading area,we...

Managing Walter Wilsons', Ferry Hill

I was manageress of "Walter Wilson's" all during the war - I was only 20 - the youngest...

Margery's Story: Working in a Naafi and for Frigidaire in Wembley

I worked for Frigidaire at the North Wembley factory and during this time I was in pub called the Intrepid...

War work: MI6 Naval Intelligence Department

I worked for the War Office MI6 Naval Intelligence Department from 1940 to 1945 as a secretary. My brother...

A Railwayman's War: Part 3

The bomber landed less than a mile away, just a few feet from the Great Wakering and Shoeburyness Road. All...

Essential Work in a Munitions Factory

I worked for the Admiralty in a munitions factory in Leeds. I can remember every so often some big-wigs, in...

Engineer's Memories

I worked at ford Airo factory at Davyhulme where the Trafford Centre is now. I was engineering in Coventry...

Fun in the Employment Exchange

Her huband was in the military police and was taken prisoner at Dunkirk, he spent 5 years as a prisoner of...

White Fivers

Pre-war, in 1939 the average weekly wage of a car worker was well under £5, but with the advent of...