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Tea from a Jam Jar (A WAAF's Story)

My trade was that of telephonist which saw me posted to RAF Weeton in Lancashire where I had two very good...

Our War Time Wedding

My wife with my parents help had to make the arrangements for the wedding and the sending of the...

Doodlebugs in Hayes 1944

As an eleven year old attending lessons at Grange Park Junior School, Hayes, on the afternoon of 7th July...

My days in the .A.T.S by muriel stephens

A long journey then to Wales onto a Gun site where if an alert came we had to dress hurriedly sometimes...

Training at No.1 Training Motor Transport Centre

I waited several weeks before travelling to No.1 Training Motor Transport Centre, Camberley — the...

Funny Stories of My Nursing Days 1942 -46

We the nursing staff, who HAD to live in the Nurses' Home, in those days, had to make our way to the...

V1 incident

It wasn't of course, just the searchlight crews some of them women members of the ATS doing there...

My War Memories

There were dances at 'The Stage Door Canteen', where crowds of American and Canadian forces lent a...

The First Warden in Southwark to be Awarded the George Medal

"Southwark Council and its Mayor paid tribute at its meeting on Saturday to Post Warden Joshua Henry...

Hitler and my Grandfather - Chapter 7

It was arranged that I meet my paternal grandfather, an amiable old chap, on St Pancras Station at 2...

The Buzz Bomb Boys

At times this was quite dangerous work, buzz bombs were landing in London all the time, sometimes quite...

FRom Girlhood to Womanhood in Days - War Shortages Affected Time for Adolescence

FRom Girlhood to Womanhood in Days - War Shortages Affected Time for Adolescence. From Girlhood to...

The Barrage Balloons and the Weekend Wedding

Poor old London”, she said, “I hope your aunty is all right. Vera Scott-Jackson's...

An Office Worker's View of the Bombing in London

One night a bomb landed on the lift shaft and went right down into the basement, killing all who took...

From 'in service' to 'the services'!Housemaid to Air-Raid!

Initially we wanted to join the WAAF's, they had the most stylish uniforms, however we were told by the...

Journey across the Atlantic during the War

"In Georgetown,Guyana,South America towards the end of 1941, Booker-Mc Connell, a major employer,...

War Memories

Although i did not hear the broadcast myself, i was told lord Haw Haw had said the bombs would fall on our...

A WRN in Alexandria

We were sent to Greenwich Naval base for a few weeks training and we spent Christmas 1941 there - a...

Old Time Dancing in 1945.

The favourite dances of this time were - Waltz - Veleta, Imperial, Doris, La Rinka, Pride of Erin, Tango,...

It was a funny old war (at first)

Where we lived, in Blackwood, half way up the Sirhowy Valley towards Tredegar, in South Wales, the German...

Assistant Section Officer Shelia Lockett (nee Wear) BEM - Terrible Tummy Trauma

At the RAF Bentley Priory, Fighter Command Headquarters, we were in charge of the Air Raid Warning System...

Re: Eric Harding's War

Three Defiants from 256 Squadron which was based in Blackpool had been flying in formation, when one of...

WW2 Diary of Winifred Sarah Elizabeth Middleton (part fifteen)

Edwin is now training to be a Glider Pilot, his training is almost complete, he is getting on famously. I...

Our Story by Mrs Davies and her daughter Christine

At the time the bomb hit, my mother, myself, my sister, and my daughter Christine were under the stairs....

WW2 Diary of Winifred Sarah Elizabeth Middleton (part eight)

July 20th 1941 Sunday Had the time of my life with a free hand in everything, cooked a lovely dinner, roast...

Freda's memories

My father was in the ARP unit guarding a Railway tunnel at Tallyn, Brecon, in case some Germans came over...