Leicestershire and Rutland

Radar No 3, Gopshall Hall, Twycross

My understanding has always been that a rhumbatron was a metal tuning device, a klystron was an oscillator...

A Wartime Childhood: 'Normal' life in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire - and London

A Wartime Childhood: 'Normal' life in Countesthorpe, Leicestershire - and London. In the playground...

Radar No 2, Gopshall Hall, Twycross

Some centrimetric radar, with 2 paraboloids of about 3 foot diameter, of Canadian manufacture, was coming...

The Barkes Family's War

'Lady' my dog was always looking for George. George arrived home from the War at 9pm, I was...

Christmas Eve 1941 - Special RAF Operation

However, the heavy defences at Brest, supplemented by the anti-aircraft guns of the two warships, made...

Once Upon a Time: A Childhood in the War

At the time he hated it; he was homesick even though Mum knitted him socks and sent him food parcels, but I...

Radar No 1, Gopshall Hall, Twycross

Some general comments on the subject as seen by the writer in conjunction with others on Reg Batt's...

Being a Mother and Wife during the War

I have memories of getting home from a visit to the cinema during the blackout of 1939-40, during a real...

Wounded in Normandy Battle

We were placed 500 POWs to each American troop transport, all of which flew the designated recognition...

NAAFI Days in Woodhouse Eaves

I was posted to a place called Garrett's Hay near Woodhouse Eaves and I arrived at Quorn Station with a...

Tractor Driving in the Land Army

One day we were in a big field with no hedges and Jean had the tractor parked, when several of us girls...

'Journey of the Globetrotters' by Dennis March

The Officer was Major Lowe, a daredevil type of man and Sergeant King, the most notorious N.C.O. in the...

A Wireless Operator's Tale Part 4

Then one morning, they said, “Well, so many crews have been posted to Castle Donningtom, which ois a...

Getting Out of the Army

It was 1943 and I was thirty-nine, and the prospect of being uprooted and away from my wife and kids was a...

Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 1)

We were driven in another uncle's car up to Countesthorpe, leaving my parents in London and I can well...

What a Life

The armament was initially WW1 type Lewis Guns, later replaced with Vickers Machine guns but, although...

WWII. Civilian and Serviceman

During my stay at Ein Shemer I met Ken Smith from Bagworth and Eric Harrison from Coalville. One day Pete...

A Time To Remember

Mum and I had not been settled long in the shelter before we heard the sound of German aircraft overhead,...

Kids in London: Games, Rationing, Tap Dancing, Staying Alive

My father was too old for call up in the armed forces as he was born in 1888, but 3 of my...

Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 2)

When my cousin from Luton came to stay with my aunt we met her at London Road train station and we had...

June: A Birmingham Evacuee to Loughborough

When the Second World War started in September 1939 I was six years old and I lived in Birmingham with my...

Memories of WW2 through the Eyes of an 8-14 Year Old (Part 3)

There were certainly rivalries between villages and Countesthorpe people would openly refer to those living...

The Village Life of Eileen Cosby

This time I was resident in the village of Kibworth with a family where the husband was a Shoe Designer and...

From Birth To War

1931 I was born in the village of Anstey,Leicestershire in a Church Lane cottage behind the church, to the...

One Child’s War

Dad went off to kill people and mum became Leicester's first bus conductress. When dad went back after...

Land Army training

Goodnight, Pat xx" To help with the training, about 12 male students were kept on while the girls got...