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To any stranger its offical title is the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate... At this point in my R.A.F...

My Early Years, 1939 - 1945, in the Middle East and Bristol

My father was taken to Barra Gerney Navy hospital in Bristol. We lived in Bristol a while and had to move...

Share and share alike

My aunty worked in the Drome at Filton... A couple of hours later there was a knock on my grandmothers door...

Through a Child's Eyes

The war, I didn't understand what it was about until Dunkirk, and then the bombing of local factories....

Air Raid in Kingswood Bristol

Story related by Douglas about his brother and sister in law Charlie and Gladys Banfield during the blitz...

Unexpected Arrival

A lady who worked at the Bristol Aircraft Company at Filton came to live with us. With all the shortages,...

My Most Embarassing Moment: Bristol Blitz

They usually happened as we all were sitting to our evening meal-the main meal of the day-and in many cases...

Royal Army Medical Corps, My Experiences 2

I went into science with the Ministry of Defense but in 1944 I was called to the forces and had to go...

Being Evacuated

My sister was at school and had lots of friends there... There was one man there who was orphaned during...

A Grocer's Assistant Tale

Everybody had ration books and had to register with a Grocer and Butcher....

Double Decker Bus! Terry Bullock

Terry Bullock remembers his time as a young lad in Knowle West during the Blitz on Bristol and the pranks...

St Helier to Hill Court

He missed me in Jersey - the bombers arrived as I left with my parents on the last mailboat to get away...

War Time Marriage

Betty had no idea where Reg was going... It was three months before Betty received a letter to confirm that...

John Cheetham's Memories of the Bombings

Behind our houses was Gordeney House, so John and his friend - Brian Baker - used to climb over the wall to...

Jillian Tovey's War Time Memories

It was never bombed as it was believed it was a landmark to help the German's bomb Bristol... My father...

Bristol Blitz- Childhood Memories

We were told as children that all the bells would ring if invasion was going to happen... We emerged into...

Bristol Enigma

After arriving at the majestic gates of Woburn Abbey I was sent to Bletchley Park on a bus of chattering...

When I Was 6

My brother who was 7 years older than me, would never get up and used to stay in bed while the air...

My Mum, Joyce Beech

My father, William John Andrews, was a chief petty officer in the Navy, serving on Submarine Triad. My...

Child's view of air raids on Bristol

I was home from school for some minor illness and when the air raid sirens sounded I went down to the...

After the First Blitz- Raids on Bristol

We were living in the suburbs of Bristol, Earnest was in the auxillary fire sevice stationed at...

Recollections of Southmead Hospital

Phyllis worked at Southmead Hospital during the war as a conscript. Phyllis remembers the bombs falling all...

Diary Entries: May 1945

May 7: Terific excitement, rumours of V E Day, shampooed my hair, went to bed at 12. End of diary entry....

“What would You say to Hitler?”

Stapleton Road by Trinity Road library near Piggy Lane... My older sister stayed a couple of nights and...

Breaking the Rules

My brother in law was in the Navy - my husband was in the Marines - and I was in the ATS......

Patricia Nichols (nee Murphy) Evacuation Experience

When Patricia was 6 years old, the children all went from the catholic Filwood School, Knowle by coach to...