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Letter to researchers of 2056

Some articles are ‘tribute stories’, where a grateful grandchild writes about a grandfather he...

A German Monitor for the BBC Monitoring Service

I was born in German 1921 and my father was Jewish, I came to England in 1936 and I went to Leighton...

Leaves spent in shelters!

My young husband was called up to join the Royal Sussex Regiment, and so for six years, myself and child...

Little pots of sugar and butter

We were not paid while in the school so our day off was spent exploring London by foot ending up in Lyons...

MY BROTHER'S WAR

IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT THAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER DECIDED TO SEND ME TO HORNCHURCH IN ESSEX TO STAY...

JOE IN OZ

Mornings, however, were different altogether; brushing out the hut, doing a little washing or ironing and...

My entry into the war and somenursing tales

This was not liked and although we should have stayed in went off to a near by pub The Sussex Arms as...

VICTORY CELEBRATIONS

We were living at Dog Kennel Hill, Dulwich when we got bombed out. My old dad, Gilbert Seager, a retired...

My Dad's story

I have a letter from the Curate of the Old Parish Church in Bermondsey Street, thanking him for all he did...

The tram and the bomb

I was an office boy in Brettenham House, a modern building close to Waterloo Bridge... In the wreckage of...

TEA WITH MOTHBALLS: a nurse in London

UCH was a very advanced hospital so we didn't have starched uniforms — just striped dresses and a...

MY BROTHER'S WAR

IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THREAT THAT MY MOTHER AND FATHER DECIDED TO SEND ME TO HORNCHURCH IN ESSEX TO STAY...

A Right Royal Connection - Training with Princess Elizabeth at Guildford

Dad stayed at home but Mum came with my sister Doreen and me... Mum was fed up with being away from Dad....

My European adventures

As mentioned before, I joined up with the Army Cadets in early 1939. In the Cadets, generally I did...

Growing up during the War in London.

My oldest brother Ron was in the 8th Hussars and went over a week after D Day so we were waiting for...

My Wartime Experiences

Then I heard that the Richmond A.R.P. were needing drivers and Attendants so I joined them. Richmond was...

A London Bobby 1939 - 1945

He went on to serve in A Division Scotland Yard; he met all the important people of the day when he was...

The Day the War Started

There was a very sad story when my cousin, about the same age as I was then, and his family went to...

My War - Dorothy Reynolds

I had taken a secretarial course at Pitmans in Forest Gate and started work early in 1940 at Elsdon and Co,...

Sandhurst Road School

I was employed as an Office Junior at Lewisham Town Hall Catford SE6... One of my brothers 6854075 Private...

My sister the GPO telephonist

She drank lots of water but was still unsuccessful, and they went over to a teashop, drank lots of tea,...

Coastal Forces

I was eventually released from teaching and went to Lowestoft where I joined the WVS working in the...

Blitzkrieg

Travelling on the underground from Liverpool to New Brighton after finishing work at 6 pm on a Saturday in...

MARRIED IN THE BLITZ

We had a wine cellar under the pub where we kept all the wines and so from this day we more or...

Memories of World War II - before and after

When World War II started, I was placed on deferred service and returned to my work in the Post Office at...

Rockets over Romford

In mid-November 1944, whilst stationed in Belgium, a garbled message reached me requiring me to return to...