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The Day in 1940 I Witnessed the Death of a German Pilot

One day coming back after the all clear we saw a dogfight in the sky above us and the German plane was...

15 mile walk for love

John and Joan Powneyhave just celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary... Joan and John caught an early...

Holiday at Corfe Castle

On VE day we were staying at Corfe Castle at the village house of an elderly couple Mr and Mrs Honour... My...

At War In Bournemouth

My story is of World War Two in Bournemouth beside the sea on the South Coast of Britain... There was to be...

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Different Jobs I Had in the War: Waterproofing Vehicles in Weymouth

The end part was to water proof a veciale and then goi out into Weymouth bay and drive that vecicle into...

Capture of German Air Crew

Early in 1940, three members of our Home Guard Group from Witchampton and The Crichels were on night guard...

Memories of D-Day: In West Dorset

My most vivid memory is of looking up at the evening sky on June 5th and watching the sky blacken with all...

German POW's Wicked Sense of Humour

Mrs Irene Graham of Thorpe Avenue, Boscombe, delighted the audience with her reminiscences of the German...

Dunkirk Reminiscence

My experience of Dunkirk, as a young girl, is being told about it by a Mr Sullivan. He was a medical...

Irene Johnson -Autograph Bookicon for Story with photo

Irene has an autoraph book signed by the american soldiers she met when stationed in Dorset in the Land...

FISH AND CHIPS

I lived in Boscombe during the 2nd World War and during that time, I purchased fish and chips from Weggs...

Born as War Broke Out

At 11 am on 3rd September, 1939 as Neville Chamberlain was annoucing that war had been declared on Germany,...

The Bravest Lady in Studland

My grandmother, Fanny Louisa Marshallsay had a farm in Studland, Dorset... My grandmother fetched her...

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