Birmingham and West Midlands

War Years at Castle Bromwich.

Living in Brockhurst Rd Castle Bromwich we had P.O.W. camp at the end of the road on the site of Castle...

School in Handsworth, Birmingham

I remember Soho Road being bombed and as a child collecting shrapnel and playing on the bomb sites. Bolton...

Bombs over Wolverhampton

Three houses next to Tettenhall College, where I went to school, were bombed. Boarders at the school slept...

Failure at Castle Bromwich Airfield

The present Castle Vale Estate is built on the old airfield used to test the Spitfires made in the factory...

VNight

The cul de sac where I lived had had the usual street party that afternoon which was fine and sunny......

A Delightful, Dreadful, Shock

Mother hurries her two children out to the Anderson Shelter in the garden.Silence for a while then...

Low-flying Messerschmitt

One day in 1941, I was coming back from school on Lockwood Road when a Messerschmitt came down and started...

Illegitimacy During the War

Mother used to say" don't go up the entry with a boy". People who where pregnant were treated...

A Crashed Wellington Bomber in Digbeth

A Wellington bomber crashed at the back of our family shop in Digbeth... When I was 7 years old I remember...

Grandads Arm

Although i was to young to remember the memories of my grandad some have been passed on by my mother and...

War Time Spirit: In Birmingham

Walking along a road with my Grandmother, we encounted a Prisoner of War.My Grandmother wished him a...

Alfies Story

She called me an “English Pig Dog”... I lost two friends- we dropped in Arnham when Gerry was...

Claire's Story

I was married with one child and my father worked at Lucas's in Birmingham. I worked there to in the...

On the Midlands Flightpath

At night we heard the German bombers following the river Severn to bomb Coventry and Birmingham. Reproduced...

Living with Strangers

I was evacuated to Higworth, near Swindon. we were taken to a hall and put on a stage where people picked...

Farm Evacuation

When the farmer's eldest son John visited and excitedly asked “had we heard the news”?.....

Black Market Piglet

I went on the bus with my mum one day to go to the local farm for a piglet. On the way...

VE Day aged 5

I was nearly five at VE celebrations in Quintor near Birmingham. I remember the tressle tables and the...

In The Shelter...

There, a family of frogs had declared squatters' rights. I was more terrified of the frogs, which were...

Evacuees Lived with Us

We had two evacuees in the War from Birmingham... But when they arrived in Tybridge Street and had done the...

Birmingham Blitz - Choppers No Good!

Birmingham Blitz - Choppers No Good. One night during the blitz on Birmingham the air raid sirens went, and...

Four Year Evacuee

I then came home and seen the bombing of Birmingham. Then twin brother and I was evacuated Coleville in...

Religon and Different Races

That's when our parents could get a bit of peace and quiet....

Monday, September 3rd

My Dad was a Staff Sergeant in the RASC Territorial Army... But this time all the street was out waving and...

Evacuation: From Nottingham to Birmingham and Vice Versa

My Nanny was evacuated to Nottingham from Birmingham. My Grandad was evacuated to Birmingham from...

13 Back from 254 Long Acre Nechells

13 Back from 254 Long Acre Nechells...