Childhood and Evacuation

Sleeping Shelters and the end of the War

I remember being allowed to take navy blue sock I was knitting to the door of the shelter where we had most...

Barford village, Warwickshire

November 1940- I watched Coventry being bombed from my father's shoulders outside in Church Street,...

Too Much Rabbit!

The first thing I can recall is going to my grandmothers house in Anfield, Liverpool and staying there over...

Gladys Hayhurst - Wartime Memories

When the warning siren sounded Mum and dad came and took us from our bed, they carried us girls down into...

"Singing through the War"

I enjoyed the war years as it gave me the opportunity to begin my life long interest in the Arts and I...

The Shelter

In the centre, was a footpath leading to a porch and front door. At the back of the house the garden had...

Memories of Parker, Pledger and Day by Valerie Haynes

My Mum was smuggled them under the counters though because she had two young children but she had to keep...

Children at war

This changed, most lads procured army belts on which we secured regimental cap badges, elder relatives, on...

Beryl Hill Remembers

Cocoa and sugar mixed in a tobacco tin; you licked your finger, dipped it into the mixture and licked it...

The Future Looked Brighter - Wartime Memories 1939—45

An early memory in 1940 or 1941 was sheltering under the stairs of my sister's house in Durham Road,...

An American golf professional taught us to play golf with cut down clubs

With Southampton and Portsmouth not far away from our home there were many dog fights overhead and stray...

Kings Cross, West Malling and Leicester

I had three brothers, Terry aged 11 months, Patsy aged three and Nicky aged five. Soon the Government...

VE Day Celebrations

Everyone is talking that a celebration is being organised to celebrate the end of the War.Myself and the...

Dower House Stories

'I was about 12 years old at the beginning of the war,my Dadwas the local ARP man with a couple of...

I rescued some books from my desk

During the Battle of Britain I saw some dog fights in the vapour marked sky and on the early evening...

Americans in Stourport

In Stourport, German planes used to follow the river up and the power station was like their signpost, so...

Luminous Paint

Ours was a brick edifice attached the existing wall, with a very thick concrete roof Grandfather set about...

Hard Times

My dad was away at the time down in London, do you remember the great fire of London? That's where you...

Embarrassing Moment!

Mr and Mrs Graham were dressed and were standing just inside as my mum and I came into view walking down...

An evacuee learning to swim, scrump and smoke in Suffolk

At the back of the farmhouse there was quite a large orchard, very mixed with lots of different types of...

My Life As An Evacuee

My sister Doreen and myself left Woodside Station, Birkenhead and arrived at 'Llandrillo', a...

My 1939-1945 Family Story

One night, at short notice from the sirens, when we were running across Kensington to the shelter, we could...

Molly Thomas' Memories of Taunton and Bristol

My husband Trevor was a steel erector working at Filton aerodrome, building a hanger for the Brabazon...

Memories from George and Barbara Gardiner of Reading in the war

At this time my wife was working in her family hardware shop opposite the Griffin in Caversham. A customer...

Being an Evacuee

In September 1939 I was six years old and thought I was going on holiday abroad with my elder sister Eve,...

Memories of our (evacuated) school years during the war

Reg had the unclean habit of peeing out of the bedroom window, when he was wobbly on his legs with drink...