Bristol

A Childs Memory of Life in Bristol and Barnstaple in the War

One was a girl called Pat Weeks, who lived next door to me in Bristol, and a boy called Dennis Stokes, who...

From a Young Childs Eyes

As this would take us past the ruined stables owned by George's the Bristol Brewery and the decaying...

My Childhood and WW2: Bristol

I recall the air-raid shelters, our next door neighbour had an Anderson shelter while in a friend's...

A Teenager's War: The Effect of the Blitz on a Young Girl in Bristol

After receiving first-aid at an air-raid shelter under the playground of Fairfield School, Elsie was taken...

'I'll Keep My Socks On': Bombing Raid on Bristol

After we had been in No.28 for a time, it was decided that the shelter was not strong enough for the type...

Evacuation from Bedminster

You were taken in a private car with a milk churn on the back seat, he was Mr Lawrence, to Gloweth Villa,...

My Grandad's War Memories by Bethany aged 10 years

Elsie and Michael lived in a house, in Horseshoe drive, halfway between Bristol and the docks at Avonmouth....

Bristol Blitz In 1940

I was singing in the choir at St Michaels Church, at Evensong on the night of 24 November, the church was...

My Life as a W.A.A.F. Part One - Balloons

After a month at Innsworth I was sent to number 11 Balloon Centre at Pucklechurch, 10 miles north of...

Scraps from My Old Diary

Mum told me to wipe it off, and told me use my blackboard that Uncle Bill made for me... Mum has sewn...

War time reminiscence: In a Bristol Hospital

As a result of the situation in Bristol my parents decided that my mother, my sister and I should go and...

The Making of My Life

The most horrendous memory I have of Cornwall was after the Doodlebugs started to fall on London....

Sheila Kidd's Childhood War Experience

I remember when the chilren from London were evacuated my father went to the local village hall and offered...

Lillian and Colin Golding's Childhood Memories in Bristol

Lillian's brother married in the war and Lillian used to go up on a bus to see him in Stroud, which...

Packing Up The Office Equipment During The Air Raids

Betty Pearce was born in 1926, her full name is Eunice Elizabeth Pearce, whilst generally known as Betty...

That's One of Ours: Memories of Bristol

We saw less of the war than our families in South Wales and Bristol who were suffering from air raids most...

Pillow Saved My Life

Even there I could not escape the bombs because one morning Mick and I woke up to see the ceiling was...

A Small Boy's View of the US Army In Bristol

We lived in Frampton Cotterell some eight miles out of Bristol and my father would take me into the school...

Ivy Garraway - WREN AND IVY'S STORY

After completing her training, Ivy was transferred to HMS Shrapnel which was in fact The Great Western...

Jessie's War

Mum met Wilf Elliott on the 99 bus from Bristol to Avonmouth. Within a few more days Dad was in the Welch...

Evacuation From Bow, London

We arrived in Chorley Wood station and while we were waiting outside wondering which way to go, a lady...

November 24th 1940: A Minor Incident at St Francis, Bristol

It was normal on a Sunday evening in those far off days before the Second World War for my parents to take...

Bedminster, Aylesbury Crescent.

My younger Sister was badly affected by the raids and my Mother agreed that she should be evacuated - she...

London & Bath at War

From what I gather many years later his initial work was preparing maps for the Royal and Merchant Navies...

Maps, Messages and Adventures

At this time Peter was in India including on VE day, and then went on to Ceylon where he was for VJ...

Delphine of the Dings War - Bath 1941—1942

It was a pity my Bristol school, and school friends were now in Clevedon but no matter, I could walk to...