London

A Boy's life

During the Blitz on Liverpool and Districts during 1940, It was decided to evacuate the Children, I was...

I start my working life as the Blitz starts in London

Dad was a taxi driver, my brother an Executive Officer in the Valuation Brach of Customs and Excise, so...

Experinces of a young woman in the ATS

The Story of Eric and Eileen's Wedding

Reverend Scarlett told us he had crawled on his hands and knees in the rubble to rescue our licence and...

WW2 Diary of Winifred Sarah Elizabeth Middleton (part sixteen)

Had to stand all the way to Marks Tey eventually arrived at Earls Colne and found a very Pukka Captain...

Born to be Different but the War Lent a Helping Hand

This section of St Barts was near to the junction of Swanley Railway Station and in the direct line of fire...

How i got to be the eyes for a blindman

Doodle Bugs and Dustbins George Charles Cansdale. Sleeping through the Shrapnel — George Charles...

My life in the WRNS

Interviewed by an attractive First Officer in the WRNS, and asked the usual questions about health,...

Experinces of a Young Woman in the Army Kinematograph Service (ATS)

To Britain with Cello

I wanted to be a musician, to play the cello, but by the time I finished school in 1937, Jews were not...

From Convent to Prefab via Halifax

At the beginning of the war I was working as a teacher in a Catholic private school in north London. As the...

Ballroom Dancing, Secret Operations, and The FANY's

Morse is a very clever system, a way of sending messages around the world, speech could not transmit as...

Renovating Bombed Property and Polishing Spitfires

On 1st September, 1939 I left Barnsbury Park, London at the age of 11 on one of the last evacuation trains...

London Bombing - Life and death

We were drinking our tea when at the front door appeared an air raid warden telling us to get out as quick...

George Bailey: Sapper and Bomb Disposal - Chapter 2

The Germans soon found out that we'd found that out, so they sent a different one, a five-hundred...

I issued Freddie Mills with towels for The Longsdale Belt

I did my training at Morecambe and wanted to do balloon operations but instead was sent to RAF Uphaven in...

My War Service [P.Smith : Part 2]

D-Day, I stayed in Coastal Command all through the war and on D-Day I was back in Norfolk and saw the...

The youngest driver to hold a license in Britain

At the age of 15 I became the youngestdriver in Britain, It was 1945 near the end of the war in Europe...

"Shepherds Luck"

We hardly used the shelter because it was always flooded, so during the early evening my mother Ellen and...

Hindles War

One air raid occured whilst my sister Kathleen was performing on stage at the local Town Hall with her...

Home is where you make it

I stayed in Swindon until my son John was about 2 months old. After the war and during the rationing...

Wembley Hill School

About 1940 the IRA bombed the reservoir supplying the water for the cooling station for the Bakerloo Line,...

From Swimwear Model to WVS Volunteer

Because there were many factories in our area, we had a lot of young girls from Wales who came to work in...

My Father's War

The only redemption, whilst conducting military service at Whitehall, she was able to secure him a trainee...

Life in the wartime WAAF - III

Once they changed the WAAF duty room into the RAF duty room and there was I happily in bed when the airmen...

Experiences of a young boy in Merton and Morden

Nothing much happened until the summer of 1940 when Germany commenced their bombing campaign on towns and...