Stories categorised in 'Sheffield and South Yorkshire'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
Coming through the Mediterranean when I knew we were between Crete and North Africa, ships everywhere and...
We had open coal fires in those days and in the winter evenings we would sit around the hearth and Mum...
We went to the three cinemas in town to see every film we could, 'White Christmas', 'For Me and...
Wedding day Anyhow, back to November 1941, it was a nice day on Saturday the 29th, and the wedding was...
They used the Langsett, Ewden, Bradfield and Derwent Reservoirs for practice runs and Guy Gibson who led...
It did not matter that they were giving away their food, some of which was in short supply - the poor lads...
Joe rummaged around the crumpled fuselage, found two tins of tomato soup, stuffed one in his bomber jacket...
When the bombing was severe in London, my mother's sister, Ivy, who lived there, brought my cousins...
It was at this time, I believe, that many Polish officers were executed in a camp called Katyn. General...
I was born in 1930, and throughout World War II, I lived in a rented terrace house at 162 Blair Athol Road,...
Una Stimson's husband was a Conscientious Objector. This on his chest had to be bandaged because it was...
If the balloon was bedded down each member of the crew would be allocated to work on either the port or...
There were several pictures of my 'Uncle Peter' during his travels around war-torn Europe - all of...
Monday night was Sale time, when my Uncle, Jim Yarnold would auction the produce in aid of property funds....
All the windows had been blown out but the canary however, was still in his cage in a corner, black with...
It was the cinema that opened up a new world and Hollywood films that transported us into luxury and high...
The air raid bunker set up in our garden was cold and bare so my father tidied it up, filled it with...
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