Leicestershire and Rutland

An Evacuee with Just a Few Regrets: Memories of Lutterworth

The house of Jenkins the son, the bakery van driver, the man who also needed help, help to deliver bread...

A Schoolboy's Memories of Evacuation

They were both devout Salvation Army soldiers and he played a trumpet in the band at the Leicester...

My War-Time Memories (aged 2 to 7)

Had Mum and Dad been able to foresee the events that were to unfold upon our return, their decision to...

My History of WW2

We worked under temporary cover for some time, but eventually they decided to move us to a former needle...

A Leicestershire Schoolgirl's War

I was still at the Church of England Junior School in Wigston Magna and walked approximately four miles...

"Jerry's up to sumut tonight"

At Grove Road, my wife Doreen, her mother, sister Margaret, and brother Brian, were not sure what to do,...

Emerald Street

Aunt Flo. had married in about 1936 and, with husband, George, rented a house at 16 Tewkesbury Street,...

The Battle of Bamber Bridge

The ’mutiny’ took place on 23 and 24 June 1943 and involved some of the black American troops...

Evacuated: From East London to Ashby Magna

The farmer and his wife were going to get a land girl but agreed to take us instead, once again there was...

Gloria's Story

My father picked a pram from across the road, rolled my mum in a blanket and put both her and the baby...

War Memories; Sidney in Leicestershire

My second eldest brother went into the 8th Army and was sent to North Africa where he was taken prisoner...

FLASHBACK : Daddy Came Home From the War

MY FLASHBACK MEMORY OF WHEN 'DADDY' CAME HOME FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND WE MEET FOR THE VERY...

As I Remember It!

My good trick was to tie a cord from the door handle to the other side of the bedroom and on the...

A Lady Driver's War

Every friday I drove the cashier from Patten and Bouldings woollen mill to fetch the wages, one Friday a...

My Parents and Aunty

You see he was Flt Sgt Middleton, the Captain of Skinners crew. They had been to Turin in Italy in a...

Organized into Crocodiles

On arrival in Ashby we were led to the hall of the local Girls Grammar school- where we were met by members...

A Wartime Childhood in a Leicestershire Village

The village siren was on the roof of the King William pub and the one and only fire engine was based in...

Being a Paper Boy

Having struggled home with the weight of two Sunday papers under my arm, I started to consider the...

My Wartime Treasury of Memories

Dancing was a very popular pastime and Loughborough certainly had its share of venues, including the Town...

Evacuation in 1944: Kingston-upon-Thames to Hinckley

My eldest sister Margaret recalled that she was placed with a Mrs Munton, she had a daughter younger than...

Childhood Memories of World War Two in Leicester

I lived with my mum, dad and sister, Jean in Leicester. There weren't many presents but Jean and I...

A Six-year-old Boy Takes on German Bomber!

And any German bomber that got a bit lost, got chased away by our fighters, got hit with AAA, or...

A Boy's View of 1939 - 45

About eight months after we arrived in Leicester, the German's decided to drop land mines, in fact one day we were told not to go to school via our normal route...

A Vivid Childhood Memory.

I thought of the endless days that must be spent in the big empty, and gloomy, school with four boys and my...

My War by Peter G Moody, Childhood Experiences 9 - Evacuation to Loughborough

Their eldest son, Ray, was in the Army - he was 19 years old, Betty, another daughter, was married and...

Wartime Memories, Henrietta Schultka

I remember going mushrooming and blackberrying with Mum, Aunt Maud and Grannie. I also remember going with...