Bedfordshire

Post War Stories of WW2: Childhood Memories of RAF Cardington

Other Grey/Blue lorries transported extremely large "Gas Bottles" that the local kids always...

I had an Unusual War

This was followed by my next move to Northcoates in Lincolnshire, a Beaufighter 236 squadron of coastal...

Molly's War Effort -part 8

As the captain entered the kitchen and the V.I.P. stood in the doorway eyeing everything in sight Molly...

Further Wartime Memories of Biddenham, Bedfordshire

Keith was a friend of mine and Steve was the main percussion player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra that was...

An Evacuee at School in Bedford

When we got to Bedford, we waited in the open area in front of the station and then we were taken by...

War Years in Haynes

In addition, I recall Tony Moran, a boxer friend of Dad's, who was totally browbeaten by his even...

Village Life in Word War Two (the early years)

It was said by the villagers that the bomber was trying to hit Little Barford power station but mistook our...

Rationing and the Black Market

By registering with him to supply us with eggs, he could exchange our egg coupons for chicken meal at...

Evacuation to Luton, September 1939

I stayed in Montrose Aveneue until April 1940 when again my Hostess said that she could no longer keep me...

Recollections of First-Hand Experiences in the Second World War 1939-1945

Air Chief Marshal Bomber Harris and Air Marshal Bennett thought up and developed "the pathfinder...

RAF AirCrew Reminiscences

I received my posting notice — report to the RAF AirCrew Receiving Centre in London at 0800 hrs the...

The Day They Bombed Vauxhall Motors

This cupboard also served as an emergency bomb shelter in the event of us not being able to make the...

Siren Sounded a New Way of Life

The date was Sunday, September 3rd, 1939 and the previous day my brother Alfred and I had been part of the...

I Saw Glenn Miller Conduct

It was from that airfield that Colonel Glenn Miller left in the famous Norseman, never to be seen again....

A Post-Lady in Dunstable

The Methodist church had canteens where we could get chips, Spam, dried egg, slice of bread and a cup of...

Premonition or Post Presumption

The village church at Littleham had a tomb for the Nelson family and I suppose some thought my young...

A Shy Evacuee

I lived in a house with my widowed mother, my single Aunt Doll and Aunt Flo and Uncle Charles, their...

Nine Billets in Three Towns

I was sent to Glamorganshire, not with the children from the Whitstable but linked to East London children...

A Schoolgirl's War in Thonon, France, and Dunstable, England

I arrived in the small market town of Dunstable to be reunited with my mother and sister, who had gone...

Good Comes From Evil: Part 3

It was decided that I along with my foster mum would be taken to see my brother John in Shropshire, he was...

Molly's war effort part 7

Therefore, Mrs Griff although surprised and apprehensive understood Molly's explanation and accepted...

My Father's Time in the UK and the Far East

I eventually had a collection that covered British; American; German; Italian and Japanese aircraft and in...

Gas Identification Officer for Bedford Borough

When war was declared in 1939 I was recruited to be Gas Identification Officer for the Borough of Bedford....

Living Near an Airbase

The state some of these aircraft flying over our house left one in wonderment as to how the pilots were...

When the Germans Attacked Dunstable

Then we saw this German plane flying southwards along Dunstable High Street. As a thirteen year old at the...

Growing up

I was evacuated on the 16th September, my mum's birthday, to Bedford, Kimbolton Road for one year and...