South East Wales

Memories of Wartime Evacuees: In Ebbw Vale

Of all the evacuees in Ebbw Vale, none attracted more blatant attention than the family who came to us from...

A Child's Memory of Wartime Cwmbran

I can remember him saying that the Germans always tried to bomb the docks, but did not succeed because...

Memories of Wartime Evacuees - Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire

Evacuees in Wales

The daughters find work, as does Mrs Penney, so Grandmother takes care of the home... She stays to marry...

Ron Evan's Story

To the first German the corporal said “What's your name” to which he replied “I do...

Caring for the Social Side

Every Christmas Dr. Knight, who was in charge, used to go down to the cafeteria, and I have a photo of him...

A Small Part

Most of the staff had been found accommodation in Penarth, near Cardiff but many had not accepted the...

Followed Around West London by Bombs, by Charles Leonard

I came back to London a week after D-Day, I was here during the flying bombs attack on June 13th 1944....

The Evacuee

How we loved Auntie Jane and Uncle Tom, they were like angels in a foreign land to us, also Auntie...

Willies War

My father came home from time to time with fresh cockles from a rocket range, or fresh trout from some...

Tales from Childhood

You did anything you could in post war Wales to supplement your rations, the idea was we would sell the...

War Time Memories of a Small Boy

In my Class at Bolt Street School we had a group of Dutch children. Food was rationed so most people grew...

Bill (William) Bryant's Story

I used to go to Liverpool, Bristol and London Albert Docks. He went to work for Reg Reece first, then he...

My Evacuation during WWII

However, before our turn came around, disturbing news of ships carrying evacuees to America and Canada had...

A Child At War: the Generous Spinster

Being an infant I was first evacuated with my mother to Swindon and then, as the bombing increased there,...

The Raid on Cardiff in 1941

He died a year ago in November 2002 just a few weeks short of his 100th birthday. he was too young to...

Close the School

During WW2 I was living in Cardiff with my Marine Engineer father my mother and my recently born sister,I...

My Glimpse of War

Getting out of bed in the night, hearing the warbling siren, and being hustled to the Anderson Shelter, in...

A Welsh Evacuee

I eventually found the bus station and boarded the Cardiff bus, I sat in the front and told the conductor...

Coral & Mike Blandford

Home memories My father was the Civil Defence Controller for the Chepstow area; he had an office in the...

Early Years of the War

At the start of the last war I was enjoying a summer break with Mum and Dad and my younger brother and...

Mike and Grace Birbeck

Home memories My father was the Civil Defence Controller for the Chepstow area; he had an office in the...

Life as an Evacuee in North Wales by Mr D J Waller

I was evacuated with my brother in 1944 from Hornchurch to Pen-y-cae, near Wrexham in North Wales. When we...

A Family Evacuated with the Best Times in Wales by Betty Rumsey

My mother, two brothers and sister were living in North London at the time... I and Patrick went into a...

Memories of My Early Childhood

School dinner times was greatly looked forward to with Corned beef pie, peas & gravy, jam roley poley...

Childhood Memories

These books entitled you to a certain amount of meat, eggs, fats, cheese, bacon, sugar and tea... The...