Here at home things were in the capable direction of Squadron Leader W D,Lea Rayner,as both Neilson Hutton...
Due to the number of large engineering works in Leeds, which would have been a prime target for enemy...
A Prisoner of War Camp was built on land adjacent to the Wilkinson's farm in Yorkshire to house...
One grandfather, having lost an eye in the North African campaign and later surviving eight years in a...
One of the first contractors in the area lived next door to our school, so I saw some of the first Fordson...
We did a similar thing at Horsham St Faith's airbase. While my Father was at Tibbenham, James Stewart...
A weekly visit to Omagh's streets of a US military band playing the popular tunes of the times was much...
In late 1941, or early 1942 an Army Cadet Force was formed in the town, with Mr. Leeson as Commanding...
, the soldiers arrived in their dirty clothes which as you can imagine were very grubby and somewhat smelly...
In addition, I recall Tony Moran, a boxer friend of Dad's, who was totally browbeaten by his even...
My dad went across the road to listen to Chamberlain on the wireless,we didn't have one at the time......
The planes had to land by crossing over the Earls Colne to Coggeshall road and the battle damage could...
Extracts from a book compiled in 1994 by John Owen Smith from conversations and correspondence with...
1 — Edward Booker, born 1902 and his wife, Lilian, born 1909, talk about the Government Treasury...
On the whole the wartime in folkestone for me was a happy time,scarry at times,but unfortunately the...
The Portsmouth and Gosport area suffered frequent air raids and the hospital Operating Theatres were...
By coincidence just at this time my family had moved from Walsall Wood to Tipton, in fact to a nearly new,...
My mother must have felt it strange leaving Portsmouth, with all the " mod cons" - running water,...
The Yanks sauntered around the perimeter of the field carrying their baseball bats, catchers gloves, padded...
Then came the day when the Japanese shelled Newcastle harbour from their miniature submarines,, after doing...
But I have vivid memories of the way we lived: a solid fuel fire in the kitchen, 2 paraffin heaters to cook...
In August 1941 as a nine year old boy, I was playing with a friend in Derby Road between Cranbury Road and...
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