Air Raids and Other Bombing

Easter Raid April 14-15th 1941

My Mother and I were the only remaining survivors of the Raid on 29 Hogarth Street, Duncairn Gardens, my...

My Sledge

This included all the clothing, my mother's collection of lace table cloths, and most dramatic of all...

The Birthday Cake

I can still see in my mind the birthday cake decorated with shards of glass....

Tracer Bullets in Hove

I was going to the local cinema with my brother and we were walking down Olive Road to the Lido and we...

On the Midlands Flightpath

At night we heard the German bombers following the river Severn to bomb Coventry and Birmingham. Reproduced...

Oldham at War/Munition Worker

Oldham had quite a few bombs. I was conscripted for munitions and worked three years working on shells at...

Blitzed Countryside

One night in winter 1943 a concert was on in the village of llanuwchllyn, many people came from all around...

Pat's story - 1943

He was a fireman and one weekend he was stationed on fire watch at the White-House in Minster on the Isle...

The Day after they Bombed Coventry

My father, who had a Transport business in Birmingham, was phoned and told to get all his lorries to...

Air Raid Drill

When the war started our shelter for St. Mary's R.C.School was not ready, we used the cellar of an...

Sheila's Childhood Memories of the War

I can remember hearing sirens when Bristol was being bombed and the whole family crowding into the pantry...

The Bombing of St Peter Port Harbour 1940 - Hiding from the Planes

My first recollection of the war was the air raid in May 1940 when I was 3 years old, and I remember...

Butterfly Bombs In Ipswich

My father remembered the Butterfly bombs that fell over Ransomes and Rapiers. These canisters had tops that...

Bombs over Braintree

I was in the cinema in Braintree when the bomb dropped on Barclays Bank....

Shrapnel

I was just thirteen years of age the war was in its early stages 1939-1940, I awoke one morning and noticed...

Where Is She

Grandparents uncle Mother. It was the early part of the war, and the air raid sirens had gone off. My...

Memory of the Blackout

Someone came knocking on the door to say she had left the lights on - it was during the blackout —...

Buried Alive

We were buried alive... My Grandad was on Home Guard duty near by so he came and dug us out....

Shelter in the Park

I lived in London and during the blitz we used to leave the house every evening and trekked down the road...

Civilian Caualities

I lived in Plumstead London ,and we were within less than 2 miles of the Royal Arsenel making armaments,...

Bombs over Kidderminster

Bombers dropped parachute mines aiming for Hoobrook Railway but fortunately missed... He saw the bomb doors...

Whisky rations

But one night we'd all settled down, just going off while there was a lull in the bombing, and my young...

A Near Miss

He went "hell for leather", reached his destination, threw his bike on the floor and dived under...

The War in Bedford: Explosion on Midland Bridge

I was just over 5 when I saw a stray German bomber drop its load which I said at the time was...

Smoke screens

This is my memory of a soldier lighting two smokescreens outside houses in Holcombe Street, Derby, during...

Shopping at the Co-op in Wimpole Road

Went shopping around the Co-op in Wimpole Road, Colchester. When leaving the Co-op bakery in Kendall Road,...