Air Raids and Other Bombing

The Home Front, 1939-40

Children from London and other vulnerable target areas began to be evacuated to parts of Wales and the West...

South Norfolk Air Raids

My home was at Pulham St. Mary which had been an airship base and still had one of the old airships hangers...

Memories of the War Years in Liverpool

My father, Charles Graham, lost his leg in the First World War at the age of 19, so he was never...

Wartime Folkestone a Child's View

On the whole the wartime in folkestone for me was a happy time,scarry at times,but unfortunately the...

The Alarm Clock Bomb Scare

We went down to the one on the street so we were all together and it ended up sometimes you had a...

From A Child During The War-To A Bride In Peace

Our family hair-dressing business and home was opposite the Hastings pier, our postal address was in St...

Memories of Youngster in WW2

While all the children except babies were evacuated under arrangements made by the local council I went to...

Childhood Memories from Rayleigh in Essex: Home Life

Occasionally we had a chicken dinner and eggs could be swapped for other commodities that were in short...

When a German Bomber Crashed at Puriton

With the same, I heard a screech of tyres, a sports car - later to be found to be an MG -...

Loughton at War

Later that year a whole stick of bombs landed on Tyshurst Hill and demolished an almost complete row of...

The Day They Bombed Vauxhall Motors

This cupboard also served as an emergency bomb shelter in the event of us not being able to make the...

Blondie, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Remembers the Soldiers Who Made Toys for Her

But I have vivid memories of the way we lived: a solid fuel fire in the kitchen, 2 paraffin heaters to cook...

A Young Wife’s Memory of Barkingside

I was lucky to have a “white” wedding and I queued at John Lewis’ store from 6.30am for...

Billy's Bomb Shelters

Billy and the kitchen ladies were very disappointed with the quality of the dessert sent to them by Meals...

A War Childhood in Eastleigh

In August 1941 as a nine year old boy, I was playing with a friend in Derby Road between Cranbury Road and...

Memories Of The 'Pit Bank' On Tyneside

One tale springs to mind, about the German air force using the river as a guide to dropping their bombs...

Memories of Rickmansworth

I remember huge silver barrage balloons, close to us we went to London on the Metropolitan Railway... I...

Sheila Kidd's Childhood War Experience

I remember when the chilren from London were evacuated my father went to the local village hall and offered...

School Days in Wartime Bridport

I was a First Aid assistant with Dr. Arnett and we used to have our area behind what used to be the...

Hellfire Corner

In early 1942, as we had overhead lighting, I left my hand lamp on the last tub, so that I knew which...

Growing Up in East London During World War 2

And the sticky tape stopped the windows from shattering with the bomb blast. Later in the day, my mum found...

Roy’s Memories in Eastbourne

Our landlord, who lived in Spencer Court, ran out across the road into a brick and concrete shelter built...

Siren Sounded a New Way of Life

The date was Sunday, September 3rd, 1939 and the previous day my brother Alfred and I had been part of the...

War Time Land Mine Disaster

Outside on the edge of Woodside Estate was a high stone wall, wrought iron gates and a gate house which...

The Bombing of Guernsey Harbour 28th June 1940

We took the bus to town, got off at Pier Steps, walked up them to the Smith St./ High St junction by...

Life as a Wartime RAF Photographer

On this trip in and out, often we travelled in a Vickers Valencia plane, a Vickers Valencia plane was a...