Bristol

The Telegraph Office

Eileen lived in Bristol and after leaving school worked for a paint factory where she met my father who was...

Daylight Raid On Bristol Aeroplane Company

It was a normal morning at Filton Avenue Junior School, Filton, Bristol. My mother was at our gate and when...

Childhood Memories

Decoys were lit in Nailsea to distract the opposition and as a result some bombs were dropped on the...

Life in Bristol during the war

My grandfather, Charles William Skinner, was in Bristol during the war — in my road, York Road, we...

Boarding school in the War

I was 13 at outbreak of war and a weekly boarder at Belmont School, Wood Lane, Falmouth. There was one...

After Dunkirk: Childhood Memories in Bristol

I still have the French francs he emptied into my hands as a memento when he left.I learned much later that...

Memories of Ruff Morten

My sister worked for Britain or seas airways by the spa hotel and we sheltered there for several nights,...

A Story From The Darkest Days Of The War

I knew the bomb had landed almost on the corner of Days Road and Folly Lane, the Bomb Disposal Squad were...

Shelter Memories

I have picture of my mother, standing in the garden holding the lid of a galvanised dustbin over her head,...

John Winter's Wartime Experiences

As the Bristol bombings began, thousands of bombs were being dropped all around the house which was...

My Fourth Birthday-Childhood Memories

It was the 24th of November 1940 and it was my 4th Birthday and all my aunties, uncles,...

My Story of The Bombing of Bristol in 1941

During the war, Bristol, where I lived, was heavily bombed by the Luftwafe as they targeted the docks and...

Memories of a Child in Bristol

I also remember a daylight raid on Bristol, when they bombed Filton, men came home saying how terrible it...

The day the Bomb Hit the House Next Door.

It was on Good Friday 1941 when German bombers sneaked into Bristol without being picked up by the...

John Nichols' Evacuation Tales

The same bomber followed the railway line near Cromwell Road all the way up to bomb Montepellier Station......

How My Mother Saved My Father

As I was born at the end of the war I was fortunate enough not to have been involved in the bombing...

A War Child in Bristol

This happened everytime that the air raid siren sounded and I can remember my mother holding me tight when...

Firewatching in Park Row

Got a job Savorys in Park Row and did volunteer firewatching for the big raid in November 1941. On a sunday...

Memories of Bristol

The Maritime Ack Ack were based around Thornbury. The break down lorry driver who attended the accident...

Bristol in the Blitz

When we went back into our home we were faced with a mess of plaster from ceilings ,broken windows and...

Bristol War

I remember the day when my five sisters were evacuated; my Mum, Dad, and I took them to Stapleton Rd...

Edward Fowler's Experience In The Fireservice

Later a company of Canadian Fire-fighters came to Bristol and were stationed at Stoke House in Stoke Hill...

Harry Stemp's Experirence of the Blitz

He went into armaments at the old cotton factory at Barton Hill, which they turned into a munitions...

An October 1939 Mum

In 1939 when war began I was pregnant with my third child, it was late in the pregnancy and my baby...

Filton Memories

I worked at Filton airplane company in the wages department, I was there when it was bombed. My father was...

The Heroes of Shobdon

Joan's father was in the Home Guard and used to go up at night on to Purdown at Horfield, Bristol. But...