Air Raids and Other Bombing

A child's countryside war

I had two youger sisters- Sylvia was 5 and 1/2 and Sally was a baby. Sylvia and I had a "Siren...

Childhood Memories

The following is an excerpt from a group reminiscence session held at Ashford Library on 12/11/05. Memories...

A Narrow Escape

I was passing a Home and Colonial food store in Maple Road, Penge and rushed into the doorway to see if I...

Feathers fell like snow

In May the Nazis turned their fury on Liverpool and for seven days and nights we watched from our side of...

The Sharnbrook Bomb

Having said this, I can remember the occasion when the first bomb was dropped on just outside of...

Near Misses

As my family lived about two miles from Pendeford Airport, Wolverhampton, I was used to seeing and hearing...

The Sting

One evening the Head Warden asked me if I'd go up and inspect a fire which was raging in the corner of...

Public Air Raid Shelter

Alice the ladlady living downstaris didn't want to do this and Mum decided to stay with her in her own...

Vaux Brewery bombing

I can remember seeing the paintworks bombed and later the Vaux Brewery although amazingly no one was...

Ted Smith — Rush to the Bunker

The German bombers were flying by, and I could hear the bangs and see the tracer bullets of a nearby...

The Strafing of Battle Road School

The telephone wires were hanging down in tatters and there were holes in the chimney pots on the other side...

Bomb Watch

My instructions were — should bomb s land I was to inspect the damage and report by telephone to...

Why we cheered the bombing of London

My Cousin, Geoffrey Cannon, was on fire watch in the Majestic Cinema, while the other four of us were in...

My Early Morning Paper Round

In the morning, before starting my paper round, I would take his bedding home for him, and leave it in the...

School Air Raid Shelters Priory Road School

BOMBING AT OTLEY

Olive, the lady who lived with us woke up shortly beore this happened, she looked out and saw the back yard...

A.T.S - Royal Artillery - Reme 1939 - 1946/47

Serving with the A.T.S. — Royal Artillery — Reme,. I trained in Edinburgh & Workington...

Young Child growing up in the War

I remember the air raid sirens and remember having to go down to the air raid shelters with my mum, dad,...

Dakin Street Shelter

In 1940 when Nottingham was bombed we were living in Handle Street — only about three hundred yards...

Air Raids as a Child

There were a few bunk beds for us children - I was dressed in my navy blue "siren suit" just like...

He's coming tonight

One Sunday in August 1940 my mother dad and myself got off the bus in the Bullring we had been to see...

The Bomb That Cost Grandad a Round!

The experts told my grandfather that they thought an unexploded bomb had fallen nearby and, whilst he...

Working in the Scunthorpe Ironstone Mines

One lunchtime I was watching two aeroplanes flying over Market Hill in Scunthorpe, and I thought they were...

War Time Bomb

When the raid had finnished I went into the kitchen which had been built on; when I opened the door into...

They went to work in slippers

It went right into my mother's side of the road — it took quite a bit of Mum's house; and my...

Mrs Green in the Air Raid shelter

Mrs Green and Charlie lived next door to us in Hamble and we had adjoining air-raid shelters down the...