V-1s and V-2s

Night of the VI Flying Bomb

We lived in a terraced house in Harold Road, near Upton Park Underground Station, London E13. We found out...

The War as I Saw It

One day my elder brother went to queue up at the butchers and I was in the basement of this small terraced...

WW2 Memories: Cliffe in Kent

WORLD WAR II MEMORIES - Cliffe Kent By Geoffrey Martin. 13 June 1944, a week after the landings, Hitler...

60th Anniversary: THE DAY HITLER GOT PERSONAL WITH OUR FAMILY

I remember that our kitchen had a shelf on one of the walls, we were both sitting under this shelf at the...

I've Survived!!

The previous month, August 1939, they were sandbagging the Town Hall and excavating for shelters in the...

Doodlebug!

The bomb had landed in our road, demolishing the dairy, my Auntie Lill's and my grandmother's...

Memories at Age 4 and a Half

So at that period in 1941, I was working normal hours plus evening overtime and weekends also attending the...

Hitler Bombed Our School

We didn't realise that the bombs that night were probably intended to land on the railway, Upminster...

Derby Day V1 incident

My Aunt and I had escaped injury from the bomb but my younger sister who had been upstairs in her bedroom...

From Dirigibles to Doodle Bugs

After the warden had left I had just managed to close the door when there was a crash on the door it...

The First Doodlebug: Grove Road, East London

Alfie, Maggie's husband was away and I went to stay with my sister and her new baby, Valerie, in a...

When Mr Hitler Broke the Eggs

I wsn't allowed to be idle during those three weeks, I was made to work in a laundry in Ramsgate...

As I Remember It

In her innocence my Mum said I could just shut my eyes, but when I heard the concerted gasp of horror from...

DON'T GO DOWN THE ROAD

There was Mum, Dad and our big Chow dog... Rationing came and many a time I queued up 2 hours for 4...

Childhood in Plumton

Back in Sussex, we lived at Plumpton, north west of Eastbourne. Because the Germans found Beachy Head to be...

From South East London to South Wales

The Germans came over the school, there was little anti aircraft fire. I have spoken to people of my age...

Land Army Daily Life

The food was almost non-existant — after twelve hours work we came back to a couple of sticky buns...

I Performed before the King and Queen

We looked after Mill Hill, Hendon and Finchley fire stations, a garage at Hutton Grove, Finchley and the...

Doodlebug in leafy Croydon, Surrey

I answered it and it was my brother, Rex, phoning from East Croydon Station. My brother Rex took his...

Doodlebug and Disinfectant

I watched the doodlebug continue in the direction of the River Medway and The City of Rochester until I...

Buzz-Bombs over London

And then we went up to courses in Richmond, Surrey, a Suburb of London And that's between the 2 places...

Hot Hair and a V1 Near Miss

The area around had been flattened and a park bench, one of the type with cast iron uprights and wooden...

Vincent Ollier- Vivid Childhood Memories.

Vincent Ollier- Vivid Childhood Memories....

Flying Bombs

In an effort to foil the enemy, barrage balloons were placed like guardian of our skies forming a curtain...

Into a Safe Area

We were conveyed by bus to Grange Park School which was used as a Rest Centre, we were fed and all the...

Our Family History of Evacuation and Finding New Homes in Lancashire by Doreen Lamb

During the blitz we moved out of London to a family holiday bungalow at Laindon in Essex, now part of...