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15 October 2014
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Stories categorised in 'Air Raids and Other Bombing'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

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TESTING

When I was 18.

DOROTHY BROOM. Worked at Knightshayes looking after American pilots....

Gas Cylinder

On this particular night I happen to be in a shelter with a gas cylinder in it....

N Seaton

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Machine gunning at the bottom of the garden.

Machine gunning at the bottom of the garden. My Gran was picking raspberries at the end of her garden after...

Factory bombing by Carla Lawrence

The german plane scored a direct hit on a ball bearing factory, which they were always trying to bomb. The...

Marriage

I was married on August 17th 1940 while the Battle of Britain was on, and spent my wedding night on the...

My gold hot water bottle

My sister and I had "gold" hot water bottles made from old fire extinguishers from Lancaster...

dinnertime

These are the sorts of dinners we had....

Testing

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Land Girl Picture...

The day the church was bombed

My Grandad cycled to and from school in Stowmarket during the war. As he was returning home one night he...

Searchlight Soldier

As told by John Braybrook. I was in the Royal Artillery, with Searchlight Battery 538, stationed in Devon....

German Bomber Plane

One Sunday afternoon I was playing with my pals in Pallister Park, we saw a german bomber plane coming down...

War Time in the Middle East - George Thorneicon for Story with photo

This picture was submitted by Mrs J Bickell....

Air force adventures

Air force adventures...

Air Raid Practise at School

At Avenue Road Infant School we had air raid precauctions. I have vague memories of going under the school...

A sad goodbye from Sydney

Margaret, age 20 at the outbreak of war remembers waving goodbye to friends in Sydney Harbour as they went...

Usher Moor Home Guard 1940icon for Story with photo

This is a photograph of my late father Robert Foster. Taken on Usher Moor Cricket field, the buliding to...

Identity Braceleticon for Story with photo

Whilst at school I had to wear some form of identification and I had a silver identity bracelet with name,...

TESTING: MR SILLY IN NONSENSELAND

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Edna's story

I lived in Wolverhampton at Goldthorn Hill during the war years. I worked as a civilian in the army depot...

1941 - May Raids

1941 - May Raids...

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Evacuated

'Story submitted to the site on behalf of Hughie Bell, by his granddaughter Tina. A man called Hughie...

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