Liverpool

War Bride

My mother was a war bride from Belgium with the First World War... The police used to call to the house at...

Green Godess

She would tell us how her mother was most annoyed because she would bribe the family butler to ride shot...

Liverpool 1940: Onboard HMS Wellesley

His experience in Liverpool in 1940 is written as an introduction to his two other stories, 'Russian...

Fifty Years and Two Wars

In younger and more spirited days Mr Maloney was a very keen footballer and his efforts for the company...

Grandad Lloyd

During this time Grandma Alice had the baby and Grandad lloyd swapped passes with another soldier and set...

They Really Did Bomb Our 'Chippy'

When the all clear was sounded we surfaced only to find that our beloved 'chippy' had been bombed...

Evacuation -Ruth Preston

So the neighbour then asked if she could come with her so then Ruth and the neighbours little girl were...

Air Raid Shelter

We lived in this house in Melling and next to it was the Dunlop Factory, where people worked making things...

School Memories

The German bombing raids over Liverpool and the Wirral took place during my school days at West Kirby High...

War Anecdote: Memories of the Liverpool Blitz

On one occasion my mother my sister and I were walking in crocodile fashion with all the rest of the...

Memories

Another memory Dorothy has is when the air raid would go off they would go under the stairs because her...

Boy messenger: In Liverpool

Our base was Palladium cinema which was the ARP depot and when anyone needed an ambulance etc the police...

Barrage Balloons

We lived in my Grandparents house, 5 Naples Road Seacombe, Wallassey... I remember when we lived at...

Ammunition Train

There was an ammunition train down at Liverpool Docks and because of the heavy bombing they were worried it...

Looking for Grandma's House

One day Len decided that he and I should visit Grandma who lived in Everton which was a tram ride away from...

Amy's War: In Liverpool

The headmistress came to the house at Christmas with bars of Cadburys milk chocolate which was a real...

War Memories: Of the Liverpool Blitz

(1) My father an A.R.P warden was out nightly during the blitz.During the air raids I was in the dark...

War time life in Merseyside

Bombing raids on Merseyside were quite regular through out the war. the first raid that I heard I was...

My Siren Suit

Someone had given my mother 2 old coats, from the 1920s, they were long from the shoulder, my mother wanted...

True Facts

St Anne's School was hit by a bomb... 1949 I got married, my husband George was a soldier in the...

Air Raid Bombing

If you heard the whilstening bombs you knew you were ok but if you didn't you knew you weren't. If...

Mary's War

She also told me about the vanity of her friend and herself - they refused to put on their tin hats as...

May Blitz

A Mr Wolfenden, who ownws a pawn shop on County Rd was our ARP warden and he would check on us at...

Three Times Bombed: Birkenhead, Greenock and Devonport

Sidney Barnes" she called me, having got Sidi Barani into her head - I have head a healthy mistrust of...

Where's me Mam?

My Dad had been at sea for 12 months without returning home but at last, his ship pulled into Liverpool and...

A Riveting Tale!

My partner was a girl called Katherine Bryce, and together we did many intricate little jobs on the huge...