Stories categorised in 'Working Through War'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
I was 11 when the war broke out attending Wembley Hill School and often when the registar was call there...
After a while, we were removed to a large ‘bombproofed’ building in the centre of London when...
He did not fight but helped build the steel road,that took the ethics of liberty and decency,to light the...
In 1941 I received a letter from Snowdons saying they were moving the office out of London and would I like...
The house next to the school was occupied by General de Gaulle, his aide and a secretary - Irene Jennings....
My father travelled all over England and Wales - possibly the equivalent of today's back-packer -...
My dad, who was a member of the ARP, spent some minutes calming me down and then told me he had to...
Our instructions were: travel "on the cushions" to Eastleigh Depot, light engine to Southampton...
As there was time to spare before the train came I would wait on the Crawley Post Office step for the Post...
I worked at the Royal Ordnance factory at Spennymoor. The ROF Regiment were stationed in Spennymoor factory...
I spent the war living in Oxford, where my Father was the Chief Inspector on the torpedoes being made at...
Don Webb drove this chugging beast which today would make a Health and Safety officer faint with its...
However she has previously told me stories of what she did in the war: She grew up in small villages near...
Arthur was living in Bristol when the War started in 1939 and at 17 years of age was too young to join...
She went to Goosepool Aerodrome where the Canadian Airforce was stationed for most of the war, flying heavy...
My memory of D-Day by Evelyn Stewart Armstrong. At the time of the invasion of Europe, I was working at the...
My father was a Prison Officer working at the newly opened Holleslay Bay Borstal Colony. The area was...
I can't remember how much we earned, but I can recall that as I was only nineteen years of age, I did...
We had to put our hands under a ultra-violet lamp to check if they were clear of radium On one occasion I...
With some friends from the office, including the boss and his wife, we all rushed down to the centre of...
Although we didn't think about the war, the firm I worked for, Charles Letts the diary people, were...
My sister Rose was in PA at the Michelin... When the Americans came there lots out at Trentham Gardens....
The day I started I had to catch a train to Manchester so had ten minutes walk to the train at 6.30am,...
It was imperative that we could prove that this was a viable idea to the Chief‘s of Staff, the...
During the six weeks we were in the docks, Birkenhead became "The Target for Tonight". On the...
I remember that the during some of these trips crashed RAF aircraft would be lying on the sand banks, most...
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