Air Raids and Other Bombing

Miriam Taylor's Portadown War Memories

I went to talk with Miriam Taylor who was a young girl of thirteen when the Second World War started, she...

When the Germans Attacked Dunstable

Then we saw this German plane flying southwards along Dunstable High Street. As a thirteen year old at the...

Memories of Cardiff bombing raids

One particular night the beginning of January — my cousin's birthday - it was about 2nd January...

Jim's Wartime Memories

Fortunately no one was hurt, but it meant that we had to move to Framlingham in Suffolk, where my...

From Child to Man

Roger Rawlinson and his wife also had a few people round at his house, where we studied the 'Orchard...

Memories of war in N.W.London

My family lived in College Road, Kensal Rise N.W.London and I went to Princess Frederica School at the...

London Blitz

The basement, converted as a shelter, was constantly used, one night during a particularly bad raid, I was...

The Parachute Mine

The lone raider had come in low over the airfield and dropped a parachute mine. The all-clear sounded so I...

Never Mind the Bombs, Keep in the Dry!

The nearest bomb landed less than 200 yards from our house. Dad didn't normally get out of bed when the...

BBC FAMILY HISTORY

Millie lived near the 4th road bridge in Edinborough this meant that they underwent heavy bombing because...

London during the blitz and my evacuation.

The home was emptied and I was taken to London by bus and then transferred to a police boat and taken down...

Growing up in East Ham during the War

In 1940 a German bomber on his way to Bristol was attacked by the RAF, and then jettisoned his bombs which...

The Blitz of Bath 1942

My mother and another aunt were arguing as to whether the aircraft was British or German when we saw a bomb...

Swansea At War

Swansea Your Story is a Local History Community Group established by Royston Kneath as the result of a...

From Dirigibles to Doodle Bugs

After the warden had left I had just managed to close the door when there was a crash on the door it...

The Baedeker Blitz April-June 1942

On April 27 and 28 the bombers drone woke us again and then the thump of bomb bursts made us aware that...

Bomb Disposal work in the North East

They made him up to Sergeant, and he worked all round Newcastle digging these bombs up and making them...

Life In Rugby During WW2

My Grandma's brother, Jim was captured during World War 2 and held as a Japanese prisoner of war on the...

Three different stories.

The names of the people I interviewed on 13th of April 2005 were Jim, Hilary and Jean: Q: When war broke...

The Night we were Bombed

My parents must have had an agonising few hours as we heard that the local dancehall had been hit by the...

My Stories of the 2nd World War

Whilst I was there I watched people paint the roof window black, so the light wouldn't attract enemy...

Bombing raid in North Hull

I was born in 1933 and lived in North Hull in Endyke Lane in Cottingham... We went through the back door...

Court Martial

As the war moved on the Air raids became less and people started to become somewhat complacent me included...

Watching the Clock Ticking Towards Six.....

The doctor was called and fortunately she wasn't badly hurt, but he said to my mother,"I would get...

Blitz on Coventry and Birmingham

Our village was in the centre of a triangle with Wolverhampton, Coventry and Birmingham at the three...

Survivors of New Milton Bombing

I remember the raid that day.The German Bomber flew so low that the crew were clearly visible.It flew over...