Manchester

My Mother's War.

We were briefly evacuated - staying for a while in a house at the side of Lancaster Castle, and watching...

Memories of a Childhood in Wartime Manchester by Jean Williams

Mum worked as a machinist during the day, whilst Dad was away, and worked nights at the Kardamah Cafe in...

Manchester children evacuated to Poynton, Cheshire by Peter Heaton

No doubt registers were called and a large group made teir way to the local railway station named Belle Vue...

Manchester Children Evacuated to Uttoxeter in 1939 by Alan Lambert

Winnie and Ida boarded the train believing they were just going for a day out. On arrival at Uttoxeter, Mr...

My Wartime Experience (Manchester Blitz)

On Monday morning someone had to take the keys back to the Town Hall and the job fell to me. I am...

WW2 Memories of Ordsall Lane, Salford 6

We got it bad because we lived on Ordsall Lane, only ten minutes walk from Salford Docks, a main target....

Manchester to Athens, to Manchester

Their reason for wanting a Mancunian was that Vicky had been born in the Manchester area, but her parents...

I Was A "War Baby"

But I and my sister Lynne, who was born after Dad had finished his Army service, are very proud of the fact...

A Child's Memories: Evacuated to Egerton

The loose earth and grass sods were placed on top of the steel roof.The air raid sirens disturbed my sleep...

John Millar-The Last Bomber Over Manchester.

John Millar-The Last Bomber Over Manchester. I found out later on that it was the last bomber raid in...

My School During WW2

We started knitting scarves and ballaclavas, mittens and seaboot stockings and were thrilled when we...

A wartime childhood in the Salford Docks by Doreen Millington (nee Pennington)

As we were going up Oldfield Road, we were being shot at, the bullets hit a big wooden door as we ran...

My Mothers Wartime Memories as a Teenager in Manchester

My two older brothers, Alfred and Bernard, were called up almost immediately, which upset my mother,...

My Mum's War Memories

She remembers being told by her mum, Alice Wood that the planes that kept flying over Manchester were going...

Life in Manchester

The nearest shelters were ‘The Caves’ in Stockport to the south of Manchester... There was a...

The Lowest Point.

I returned to Manchester the following next March and life seemed fairly normal, going to school, taking...

One Child's War Part 8 The End of the War by Elizabeth Chapman (nee Goodwin)

That evening in London, Winston Churchill, our great war-time Prime Minister, addressed the crowds that had...

Manchester War Memories of a 10 year old.

All windows had brown sticky tape crisscrossed over the glass to stop it flying, and my friend Shirley...

My Wedding, (One Happy, One Sad) Memories

But as it passed over Greenacres Cemetry, two seconds after I said this there was an horrific crash and...

Bombs ober Birkenhead by "Jerry"

We learned the following day it had a full bomb load and the crew had bailed out over East Anglia, after...

World War Two Hits Moss Side, Manchester

Hitler was trying to bomb Trafford Park but his planes couldn't hit a bull's arse with a bango. So...

Growing Up In A World At War - Conny Dean

The story was typed and entered on to the site by a CSV volunteer with kind permission of Conny Dean....

Manchester Blitz, December 1941

That day I had travelled from Barry Island, near Cardiff, on a wartime train. My fiance, Jack, was 1st...

Wartime Memories-Faye Margaret Morris

The story was typed and entered on to the site by a CSV volunteer with kind permission of Faye Margaret...

The Area Air Raid Wardens' Story

We used to read letters from civilians to soldiers and if they said anything like a bomb exploded on an...

A Family Christmas

I set out from Euston for my home town of Manchester and in addition to the expected discomforts of...