Stories categorised in 'Love in Wartime'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
Although we didn't think about the war, the firm I worked for, Charles Letts the diary people, were...
David and his Regiment were eventually sent to High Wycombe in preparation to go to France but after...
My grandfather could not afford a new suit, so she suggested he wore his Home Army uniform and anyone with...
We had arranged to have the wedding reception in the hall at the Starbank road School Small Heath. We went...
Douglas Bader flew with two artificial legs, but I think I was the only servicewoman driver with one leg....
At the end of the war troops were returned to their original bases and Eveline had word that Victor would...
Panic reigned for most of the day until the lady came back and said to Nancy, “Is this yours? It...
Insufficient coupons for a wedding dress The next time there was a dance at the NAAFI he was there and...
I did not want to go into any of the Services, so I applied for, and was accepted in the NAAFI depot...
When Doris was a child she lived in Birmingham with her mother, father and sister. Doris and her sister...
Patricia Marriott was 14 when she was evacuated with other class members from Buckingham Gate Central...
My mum found the piece of paper my dad had given her with his address on....
THE FOLLOWING IS A TRANSCRIPTION OF AN INTERVIEW GIVEN BY JOAN AND STAN JARVIS, FROM THE ISLE OF SHEPPEY IN...
They got chatting and Roy asked Jean to write to him when he returned to his regiment. Roy and Jean married...
Eventually we decided to get married and arranged a wedding in Warley RC Church for the 18th January. I...
There were nine air raids on the day I got married: I got dressed in the Anderson shelter and so did all...
I was one of the lucky wartime brides who had the full wedding outfit, as my wedding had been planned for...
I had heard all about wedding cakes and the fact that they were coated in Royal Icing which appealed to my...
A colleague was the squadron medical officer named Xygmund Zubryski. We visited a Displaced Persons camp to...
I met a Canadian pilot, also an amputee, and we went out together, both on crutches which caused quite a...
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