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Andé and her dancing partner Walter Laird helped entertain people at dancing shows, touring the...
Those pilotless V1 flying bombs, Buzzbombs, or Doodlebugs as they were known to us, were terror weapons...
My friend and I both worked for the insurance side of the business when I was not on audit and we girls...
Returning to England from all but the earliest months of the war in Ireland, my Mother and I went to live...
Peckham is only a few seconds flying time from the East End of London, so any pilot who was a split second...
Like the time when we had incendiary bombs in the front and back gardens, I upended a heavy pot with a...
German aeroplanes dropped thousands of bombs on London and major cities destroying homes, factories and...
Looking back I realise it was not easy for mum and dad, they were only in their mid forties and had no...
The army lorry stopped beside the bus leaving me nowhere to go except between the army lorry and a lamp...
Contrary to the reputation that the Scots were mean we found them to be the most generous and kind hearted...
His materials were also crucial to the success of the bouncing bombs, designed by Barnes Wallis and used by...
To meet this difficulty a system called the Alarm Within the Alert was devised, and the Civil Defence...
Austria — the “Austrian Auschluss” - in which several of her family perished, she...
By the time I started at the Commonweal my brother and I were the only child evacuees from our group still...
They sang their hearts out with many of the war songs particularly the Vera Lynn favourites and London was...
Although it was calm during the day, as we waited to land, the German bombers soon arrived under cover of...
Now the barrage balloons, like great silver elephants on wire cables, appeared all over London, ready to...
By the time I got to the far end, the water was almost up to my waist, and there was a small...
Telling us later, Dad swore that poor Bill rose vertically in the air, whinnying in pure terror. The owner...
Nanny's dad didn't go and fight during the war because he was too important to Poplar, one of the...
I was medically graded B1, 'fit for garrison duties’, was registered as 7667890 Private Scott,...
Mum's elder half brother, Harry Rye, was a sailor, a Chief Stoker on Aircraft Carriers, his wife was...
We had been on holiday in Oban, Argyll, where I now live, and as the news became more and more grave, and...
But far worse were the compulsory Olde English dancing classes for boys. According to rumour, she took her...
With Frappell pushing from below, and Fireman and P.L.A.Fire Spotters pulling from the quay Korn was hauled...
We ate basic foods at the British Restaurants which we were told 'nourished the masses'. These...
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