South East Wales

Helen Mayo

She had hoped to go to Durham University, but her father who was the owner / director of Chepstow and...

Evacuation to South Wales

There was a snooker table in the village hall and I would spend my meagre pocket money there at lunch...

Barbara Beddow Chepstow Memories

Sam and I went to Larkfield in 1944 but when he was at the Boys School he can remember that he saw...

Granville Davies' Story

Granville Davies 4 ME I have recently resumed contact with three of my old school friend - Donald Barton,...

The Wartime Voyage of Child

Alan Gibby I was living in Gibraltar when war was declared in 1939, my Father was a master mariner and I,...

Margaret Johnson

Somehow it all happened and Sedbury Laundry became part of the village, and continued to grow as more...

Marjorie Pinchin

I think those two actually came from London, and Dad was in the Merchant Navy, and Alfie had been told not...

Around the War and Back: A Miner Goes to War with the Royal Army Service Corps

Dad enjoyed seeing this foreign country, places like Rouen and Brittany were lovely, but eventually hard...

My experience as a teenager

For example, the disabled 88-year old who with a stirrup pump and buckets of water put out the fire caused...

George Francis's Story

The whole of the Racecourse, Piercefield park and also Oak Gove were used for the storage of lancaster...

WW2 in SWANSEA

The first memory of WW2 that I have is seeing my father in RAF uniform and my grandfather in his naval...

Memories of Youngster in WW2

While all the children except babies were evacuated under arrangements made by the local council I went to...

Edward Priest

Well George Watkins, Gwynne's father and George, they were in business, there were three brothers....

One of the Bevin Boys

Cyril was among 21,800 balloted to serve our country in this way and they were known as the Bevin Boys....

Folkestone to Merthyr to Tonbridge

My mother then approached the Education Officer with a view to finding me a place at a remaining Folkestone...

My Childhood during the War (Ferndale)

My Father visited many Countries Jerusalem,Beirut,Gaza and many more to many to mention.My mother was a...

That's One of Ours: Memories of Bristol

We saw less of the war than our families in South Wales and Bristol who were suffering from air raids most...

R Tindall-I remember: Childhood Memories of Llandaff and Huddersfield

Our house was very near to the cathedral at Llandaff, Cardiff, and on the night the German bombers...

Annie Elizabeth Jones

Annie was born at the Post Office in Beachley. Annie can remember going to Barry for a day trip, she...

Nine Billets in Three Towns

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

Childhood Memories: In Pontypool

Going on a few years when I was a member of the Girl Guides we took part in many events:- one of...

A Young Boy’s Memories of Life in WW2

Playing in the street one day with my pal John, when a telegram boy on his bike stopped at john's house...

My Evacuation: Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Both at grammar school, a girl called Janice and. a boy called John, I suppose John must have been about...

DOROTHY CHAMBERS' STORY

When calling up time arrived I went to the Admiralty Depot in town which was in Finch's Yard. Once I...

Bread and Jam Every Day

Without me knowing when she got off the train at Seven Kings station apparently Joyce went round to see my...

Audrey's story [Walsh family]

On the day war was declared I was with my mother and younger brother in a policeman's house in...