Working Through War

The Joys and Sorrows of Life in the WAAF

I was attached to Fighter Command, Fabric Worker Aircraft, i.e. doing the camouflage on the aircraft. I...

Jobs for the girls

Doris Springhall's War

My first job was in the slipperworks but then I went to Waring and Gillows - they made camouflage nets and...

On The Bus

One day my mother came to the bus station with a telegram, Frank was missing... About four years after...

White Wedding

One bad day I remember from the war was not long after the war had started when I went to the Odeon...

RAF elctricians

That night had my first glass of Belgium beer, got to likeit!.. The biggest worry was going home to...

From milk round to marriage

Children were allowed free milk, so tinned milk was delivered for them. I went to see Dr Myatt, who...

The sweet story

My late father-in-law, Mr Walter Lear was managing director of Lear Bros, Manufacturing Sugar...

D-Day at Work

You can still see a section of harbour in the sea between Weymouth and Portland... We stayed at Youth...

The Mystery of 'Mr and Mrs Sanders'

The firm was owned by a German chemist, although he and his wife called themselves ‘Mr and Mrs...

Not A Job For The Girls

When I first left school I worked at a local factory in Ilkeston called Hallam Mills which made hosiery, my...

War work in Stratford on Avon

Stratford was safe although it was so close to Coventry. I'm 83 on Saturday 18th June and have two boys...

18) Only two nights off

I used to come home to Shrewsbury — I sued to catch a bus to Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and then from...

A sweet tale

I was working as a book-keeper and wages clerk for a small boiled sweet factory in Slough, just west of...

Bevin Boy

I got moved up to Stepps after a while till the end of the war and the money was better there —...

Village dances & being fined for riding without a light!

Usually the dances would be held at one of the village halls, such as Frinsted, Milstead, Bredgar,...

My War

When war broke out I was 18 years old and still living in Aintree, working at Vernon Pools at Bootle... My...

Ploughing Fields - My War Service

By Sue Whibley People in story: Doug Phillips Location of story: Epperstone Area, Nottinghamshire Unit...

Post Office Work

Her story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. When...

Working at the grocers in Runswick Bay

There was another girl there from Runswick Bay called Eileen Patten....

On the busses in Glasgow

I remember coming back one day on the bus from a nightshift with two of my friends who were also nurses....

My work and my wedding

We used to get as far as Shearsby and then the bus would skid and we'd end up in a field during...

Morry's Story

After a failed training attempt by Local Lads employed directly from school we were assigned to a wonderful...

Entertaining the men from St. Dunstan's

One of my clearest memories was when they brought the men from St. Dunstan's to the Much Wenlock...

Icy exit from Wickwar

Anyway I picked up the train from Newport and because the Severn Tunnel was closed for repair work, I had...

Postwoman at War

I used to wear my leggings out with riding the bicycle, and had to patch them often, as they didn't...