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A W.A.A.F. at R.A.F. Coltishall 1940 by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

One day we had a senior W.A.A.F. Officer come from Group HQ – Coltishall was part of Fighter Command,...

My War Service [P.Smith : Part 1]

We use to take a ration lorry in and when we were in Norfolk we use to go to Barnham, which was...

My Husband Was Missing

My home then was in Norwich Rd North Walsham.I got as far as the railway station, when I heard the air raid...

I was Guy Gibson's Friend and Worked on the First Radar Navigation and Early H25 TV and the Pathfinders Squadron

I was Guy Gibson's Friend and Worked on the First Radar Navigation and Early H25 TV and the Pathfinders...

At Sea after a Wartime Wedding

After a few weeks of these duties at Mildenhall we were all moved to do further guard duties at an internee...

One of the Lucky Ones - Part 2

Our mums and dads wanted to be together again, and in any case we would not have been able to stay in...

Reg Everson's story

Perhaps the first thing we noticed after gazing with awe at the Stearman Aircraft on the 'Line' was...

The Unloved and the Unlovely, part 1

My brother and sister, five other children and myself were placed in the home of a well to do spinster who...

Childhood Memories of an Old Norfolkboy of WW2

Childhood memories of an old Norfolk boy of WW2 by Alan-Arthur I lived in the Village of Old Buckenham...

Childhood Memories -Cox Family

My father had, however, anticipated the outbreak of war and insisted some weeks earlier that my mother...

Being Late Saved My Life

In our Fire Service Area there were 4 Divisional HQs – Norwich, Ipswich, Bury St Edmunds and...

One of the Lucky Ones - Part 3

A kind friend gave us books of schoolgirl stories written about girls’ boarding schools and the...

childhood memories

We spent time with Grandma and Aunt Kitty, my mother was off working somewhere. My Grandma was a First...

War Memories

She'd been 'naughty' in Brussels and she was well 'advanced' as we moved into Germany...

Lifetime Experiences: With the Headquarters of 2nd Air Division in Norwich

The Second Air Division and its bomb groups and HQ. & service & supply units were stationed closer...

Norwich A Baedeker City - April 1942

The first wave of Luftwaffe aircraft were dropping their high explosive bombs, softening up the city for...

Jean's War - Evacuated from Gravesend to Dartington Hall

Dartington Hall was famous for being a progressive public school, mostly for ;the wealthy, but the evacuees...

Comradeship and Companionship

There were lots of changes due to the war which meant my Mum and Dad having to work very long hours,...

Wartime Memories of a Norwich Girl

When the air raid was over, my sister and I walked up Old Palace Road and saw where a pub had taken...

The Lighter Side of War - CHAPTER 11: Attleborough, Norfolk Mid September - early November 1942

Amidst the increasing military activity Butch, Brotherstone and Powell did get time to go to the seaside;...

Wartime Experiences in the ATS

Life was never dull in the office when Sgt Davies was around. We were shown round and saw our sleeping...

War Memories: A Child in Norwich

She and her brother came to stay with two maiden aunts opposite in our road and I was told I had to...

The Bill Murchie Connection

My contact with the English has been limited and I can give little on my reactions to either them or...

U X B Exploits of RAF Bomb Disposal Experts

This time it was goodbye to working on gun-turrets, searchlights, bombing etc., as I packed up my kit and...

Evacuation Memories

We came to live in Dagenham, my mum, dad, brother and myself in 1931, when I was three years old, on the...

North Creake

In 1942 I joined the Women's Land Army. A month later I received my uniform, consisting of 2 pairs of...