Manchester

Sticky bombs, manufactured by Kay Brothers, Stockport

Kay Brothers were responsible for fitting the impregnated knitted cover and handling stem into the pressed...

Memories of younger days

We lived in Beech Hill Avenue in Wigan. I remember one foggy winter we had to walk all the way back to...

Interview with a World War Two Veteran.

Interview with a World War Two Veteran. This is an interveiw with a World War Two veteran....

Letter to my Husband Christmas 1940 by Brenda Lees

We were told later a plane was brought down on Old Trafford Cricket Ground and one on Exchange Station,...

What no milk!

Once everyone had settled, the Captain called 'Private Angus to the stage'and she made her way up,...

The Bombing of Number Two Clifford Street

We heard the bombs whistling as they were about to land and knew they were very very close....

Memories of a Wartime Girl in Ashton under Lyme

I met my future husband HARRY TAYLOR in 1942 at an ATC dance held at AUDENSHAW GRAMMAR SCHOOL, he lived in...

Doreen Blackburn's Story

During the blackouts at home we lit candles and played housey, housey and games with some ebony and ivory...

My Mother's Story of Christmas 1940 in Manchester

In the Woodbine Street area of Salford the Air Raid Warden told everyone that they must go to the public...

Memories of a Childhood in Wartime Harpurhey by "Harpurhey Child"

In September 1939 we were evacuated to Wardle. My Mother insisted on going with us, and as three children...

Home Leave to Manchester

On the way back to the house I nipped in the stage door of the Opera House to say hello to the...

Wartime diary of a trainee in the RAF

Geoffrey Dodds joined the Initial Training Wing of the RAF at Torquay on 15 September 1945, having...

Veronica's Memories

I remember waiting in the school hall waiting to be evacuated to Blackpool... When we arrived at Blackpool...

Emily's Story: The Bombs Rained Down, In Manchester

My father was out on duty as an air raid warden and my brother Jack had taken Hilda, the girl next door,...

Wartime Memories

My husband was in the army and he went from Iceland to Ceylon, India, Burma, South Africa and East...

Jean's Memories

On D Day Jean was 16 years old and remembers roller skating from chapel. Jean had a blouse made out of...

Full Circle

Dennis who is a Palatine High School old boy attended the school when it was a technical college in...

The White Cliffs of Dover

My other uncle was a petty officer in the Royal Navy. Another memory I have is being at school listening to...

The Evacuee

I remember the school produced a school magazine called 'The Evacuee'. We put our own words to...

A Child's View: Life in Chadderton

One Christmas after a lot of bombing at Manchester my friend and i went down to the town the morning after...

Jean Preedy's War

I was eleven years old when the war started and was evacuated from Manchester to Oswaldtwistle. By the time...

My WW2 Childhood near Rochdale

One day whilst standing on a wall - viewing the world I counted over 100 enemy aircraft coming over the...

Stockport Air Raid Shelters

Stockport's tunnel air-raid shelters were constructed between 1938 and1939... Stockport Council...

When a German plane flew low over Eccles! by Jean Winstanley

When a German plane flew low over Eccles! by Jean Winstanley. He obviously didn't want to shoot us as...

The Trouble with Rationing

My father Albert Ashton was a coal merchant at Aspull, Wigan - and with coal rationing in place me dad was...

Dog food by Jean Siney (nee Rigden)

A solution was found, horse meat could be sold for dog food, but it had to be dyed green to show that...