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Stories contributed by BBC Cumbria Volunteer Story Gatherers

Lemonade Factory Bombed in Newcastle
A sixteen year old in the Auxiliary Fire Service
Childhood Days in Carlisle
A Fireman remembers a long wait in a siding
Albright and Wilson- Bomb making in Widnes
Evacuation to Somerset
A teenager's experience of the war in Carlisle
English schoolgirl learns Welsh
The Haddon family
World War 2 Memories of a Wife and Mother
Details that affect a whole life
Evacuated
John William Fearn in Bombay 1943
John William Fearn in Bombay in 1943 (part 2)
From Bowness to Liverpool, Glasgow and Felixstowe
Memories of My Brothers
London when I was nineteen
Cumbria commemorates the 60th Anniversary of victory in World War Two
"Wartime memories are sometimes poignant, sometimes happy."
World War Two heroes on parade, sixty years later
Surrounded by 50 German Soldiers in Dunkirk
Lord Haw Haw
Two West Cumbrian veterans of the 5th Battalion TA Border Regiment
Corporal Henry Kelly MM, The Border Regiment, from Whitehaven, Cumberland
School days in Wigton, Cumbria
Driver Patrick Kelly RASC, from Whitehaven, Cumberland
My Memories Of The Air Raids
Childhood Trips To Barrow
Childhood Memories of Rationing
From Vienna and London to Whitehaven: Frank Schon and Fred Marzillier
Joe Toner from Whitehaven, Cumbria, celebrating the songs of World War Two.
Grenadier Guardsman Brian J. Scott, a member of the Normandy Veterans Association
A Lad at Sea
“One of the proudest days of my life”
Leo Smith from Great Clifton, Cumbria who served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
George Smith from Whitehaven, Cumbria, who served in the R.N.P.S.
Louis Williams RASC from Whitehaven, Cumbria
When the Gas Masks were given out at school.
A Southport Childhood
A Southport Childhood - Stories from a Young Boy
Two Normandy Veterans commemorate the 60th Anniversary of victory in WW2
“The day I saw Eisenhower, Montgomery, Patton, Bradley and all the Top Brass”
You've got to be lucky to come through a war.
Holidays in War Time
Holidays in the country and a special trip to London
Seven Years as Tank Commander
My Experience of the bombing of Barrow
From Yugoslavia to Cark
Trooper Jack Farrell from Cleator Moor, Cumbria, commemorates the Victory of WW2
George Dooley and Jim Tweedie, WW2 veterans with the East Yorkshire Regiment
Becoming a Nurse
Lucky Escape: Surviving Brimingham's Bombs
Life with Bomber Command, 1941-1946
Reliving musical memories of World War Two
Captain Brian V. Jones, Corps of Signals, from Ulverston, Cumbria
Wartime On The Ocean Waves: James Donnelly from Distington, Cumbria
Arthur Ibbotson from Keswick, Cumbria, a Normandy Veteran
Wartime service in the ATS: Marie Elliott from Carlisle, Cumbria
Ken Patterson from Maryport, Cumbria: an Anti-Tank Gunner at Arnhem
V1 fear and destruction
Bombs and V1's-you were no safer in the army.
Doing our bit for the war effort.
Regimental Signaller in training and VJ day memories
Tommy the Pigeon V.C
Volunteering during the War
Behind Japanese Lines
Roy Rogers from Egremont, Cumbria: a Normandy Veteran
Egremont marks the 60th Anniversary of ‘VJ Day’
Wartime Barrow - part 1
Wartime Barrow - part 2
I'll never forget!
“That’s my Daddy!”
The IWM WW2 touring exhibition on display at Carlisle, Cumbria
Mortars and Cow Dung
Crawling Through a Field of Landmines
Saved by a shovel
Postcards from a loving son, Algeria.
Bevan Boys,one fathers life.
Bomb explosion in Soham.
Desert Rat to D Day landings
What I remember about the 2nd World War
‘Truth and Lies’ by David C. Kershaw
Frank Edwards
My uncle Charlie's story
Sons and daughters of Egremont, Cumbria who laid down their lives in World War Two.
The Wirral Coast in WW2
Barrow In Furness 'Blitz' 1941
“Egremont’s most famous airman”: Squadron Leader Jack Blair DFC, DFM
Wartime Memories part 1
Wartime memories part 2
Civilian Training in Blackpool
The Sunderlands
My Childhood Wartime Memories
My Grandad's Story
FROM PENRITH TO PALESTINE
FROM PENRITH TO PALESTINE - A BIT OF LEAVE
Dunkirk
A passage to India
QAs in Seccondabad
US Army Nurse Corps
Utah Beach and the liberation of Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam
London's First Air Raid
Munitions work - 100 yard sprint and strafed in the street
North Cumbrian Farms - PoWs, Hiring Days and Stray Bombs
A life on the ocean waves- 1943-1946
The Bombing of Cooper House, Selside
Queenie a 35 Year Old Horse, Burneside, Cumbria
Childhood paintings of ‘The War Savings Campaign’ by Norman Harper 1/3
Childhood paintings of ‘The War Savings Campaign’ by Norman Harper 2/3
Childhood Paintings of 'The War Savings Campaign' by Norman Harper 3/3
FERRETS, RABBITS AND A KIND NEIGHBOUR
BOYS WILL BE BOYS!
8/8 A WEEK AT THE WOOLEN MILL
156 Squadron bombing mission to Duisburg, 21-22 May 1944
Harry Renney, a Border Regiment soldier in both World Wars
The Service of Five Brothers From Allithwaite
Service on the Home Front with the Home Guard and the Signals
"Remember those who gave their lives in the cause of Peace"
Remembrance Day service on Great Gable 2005
Protecting the Maritime Fleet during World War Two
A train journey to Workington and then six years in the army
Two WW2 veterans from West Cumbria still on parade
A Merchant Seaman from Whitehaven, Cumbria
Three former Cumbrian Sea Cadets remember the war years
GERMAN U-BOAT SURRENDER AT BARROW-IN-FURNESS
AIR RAIDS ON BARROW-IN-FURNESS
HOME GUARD DEFENDING BARROW SHIPYARD
PLANES, RATIONS AND HENS!
A gunner's story - Life in the 146th Field Regiment Royal Artillery - the memoirs of Gunner Frank Jefferson
To the memory of those who responded to the call of their country
The Time of My Life - Part 1
“We value everyone for their friendship, and for their Comradeship”
Dedication of the War Memorial at Cleator Moor, Cumbria, November 2005
Survival in the Country
My Family at War
My Family at War
Donald's War
Prisoners of War German and Italian based at Bela Camp, Milnthorpe
Country Life in Ainstable - Italian and German POW's and the Land Girls
Cartmel to Cairo
WARTIME MEMORIES OF A YOUNG GIRL
A girl's life in the Shipyards
Captain Lionel E. Queripel VC at Arnhem, September 1944
Egremont Royal British Legion honours the town’s ‘most famous airman’
DFM and DFC Citations for Squadron Leader Jack Blair from Egremont, Cumbria.
Squadron Leader Jack Blair DFC DFM: his family’s story.
The Time of my Life - Part 2
From Windermere to the Navy
I`d rather have gone by Easijet!
Reflections of a Landgirl
Reminiscences of a Sapper
Family Wartime Memories
Evacuees from London
My Lovely Past
The only two bullets shot in anger at Silloth in WW2
The 4th Battalion, The Border Regiment in WW2
Grasmere and the Home Guard - D Scott 1/3
Being called up, then meeting Bob Hope - D Scott 2/3
I met my wife in Austria - D Scott 3/3
A Family Evacuation Experiance
Wartime Reminiscences
Childhood Experiences During World War II

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Remembering the casualties who died at Cooper House, Selside in April 1941
Remembering the casualties who died at Cooper House, Selside in April 1941
Remembering the casualties who died at Cooper House, Selside in April 1941
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German POW's in Love
Letter to researchers of 2056
Evacuation from Salford
Rennes Monday 17th June 1940
Rennes Monday 17th June 1940
Remembering the casualties who died at Cooper House, Selside in April 1941
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