Leicestershire and Rutland

Threshing in Wartime

When I was in the Leicestershire and Rutland Women's Land Army in the early 1940's, some of the...

Some Things are Meant to Be

Although both my Granma and Grandad spoke very little about the war, my Dad was able to explain in more...

... it never did me any harm :-)

I lived with my gran in Wilsons Road, Hammersmith and mum lived with aunt Aggy and Molly in Aspenlea Road,...

Evacuated to Worthington

Because we lived in Aston, an inner city area of Birmingham, there were lots of factories around and during...

Memories of a Somercotes girl during the War

I was born Barbara Stevens in 1924 in Swanwick, Derbyshire but lived in Somercotes with my parents, Victor...

Kindness and Friendship

We then moved to Walton by Kimcote as we already had some relatives that had moved to the village, but they...

The Best Tea-Maker in Leicester

The day the war finished we went to the De Montford Hall for a dance. Entertainment My auntie's took me...

Memories of Childhood Days during the War

Father:John Alec Sidwell, RAF Sargeant 1545286 during the war Mother: Florence May Sidwell...

'Sit Down, Shut Up, He's On!'

School I used to cycle to Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby... I remember that they tried to merge Lawrence...

Some had Never Seen a Cow Before.

Officers moved into Burbage Hall in 1944... The library only had adult books, so we used to read them,...

Ronald Edgar Remfry at Chedburgh and Fairford, 1943 to D day

From Chedburgh the squadron was posted to a new aerodrome at Leicester East, at a place called Oadby, on...

"Rookies" in the ATS pay corp

About 20 ATS pay office clerks; two cooks and two orderlies lived there, three or four to a room, plus the...

Bryan's War

Not long after the war started mum had to billet two war workers, they were Charles Cooper and Fred Sawyer,...

My Memories of Earl Shilton in the War

I remember a bomb dropping on Everard's Field, in Earl Shilton. My dad was working in a munitions...

Recollection of Memories

On another occasion when staying in Greenwich, the sirens went off one night, unfortunately there was not...

"Putting the Pig Away"

The saltpetre was pushed into all the folds and holes where the bones had been removed, then the whole...

Childhood Memories in Leicester

My Dad was aged thirty nine at the outbreak of war, and was, thus, above military age, I have a very clear...

Memories Told to Me By My Parents: In Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and North Africa

The story I remember of those times was: one summers evening she was on the last bus back to Leicester from...

Lutterworth's 'Dad's Army'

Lutterworth had quite a lot of evacuees. They blew up the testing shed in Rugby so the operation had to be...

The Glider Snatch

One grey morning in October 1944 as the North Luffenham children made their way to the railway station,...

MARY FISHER - A LAND GIRL FROM LUTTERWORTH

Had to load horse and cart to get things/trade The first week only got paid 5/- and eggs Was given 20...

Memories of Childhood Days during World War 2 (part 2)

We had many private bus companies e.g. Browns Blue from Markfield, Comfort Buses from Ibstock, Hilton and...

New Zealand Soldiers Recuperating in Barwell

I lived in Barwell during the war and attended Nuneaton High School, a girls’ school....

My War by Peter G Moody, Childhood Experiences 10 - Leaving school in Loughborough

Next door to our bakery was the local chimney sweep, Mr Onion. I would load these trays with cakes,...

Bill's Story

The Russians were in the Ukraine for about 2 years when war broke out between Germany and Russia, and then...

Wartime Memories: Dorothy in Leicestershire

I lived in a small village called Leintwardine - it is on the borders of Shropshire, Herefordshire and at...