1941 was to me the year of change, for my Family and myself, and for the remainder of my life, I well...
The village of Heilly was on a very minor road and we could hear the sound of bombing and gunfire before we...
Shortly after our arrival in Bristol we were joined by my Aunt Dorothy, wife of my mother's eldest...
It is likely that Britain standing alone against the Germans, Italians and later the Japanese would have...
Sagger called him his ‘Dancing Doll’ the reason being, when Mervyn was called to the front of...
Shrapnel, bomb and shell casing fragments, were all important to children during World War11... Children...
The big move to get children to safer areas was underway, and most were being moved to Somerset and Devon...
The windows have been blown in by a large bomb which demolished 3, 4 and 5 Victoria Square. A week or two...
On Christmas Day Ma lifted the steamed pudding from the basin, untied the white cloth to reveal the dark,...
My unit - “G” Section, No.11 Platoon, 11th.Gloucester Battalion - was very seriously involved...
We spent many a long night in the shelter, as the bombers would follow the River Severn to the Midlands but...
My dad said, “I will put a couple of bunk beds in the shelter for the kids and a mattress on the...
Of course an admittamnce charge of one penny was charged to see the show and when we had enough funds from...
An hour or so after dinner dad and Karl set off for the long walk back to the camp and I scampered...
My dad was advised that the safest place for an air raid shelter in our garden at Beaconsfield Road in...
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