Oxfordshire

A Wartime Wedding

Jim was granted 72 hour leave, in that time he had to travel from Lincolnshire, marry and return... We...

The First Siren

Some afternoons we played games and some they other places around Oxford where they could accomodate us for...

A Lost Brother

My brother Walter was forced to go into the German Army eventually and ended up at war with his brothers...

Away From the Bombing

My father was working on extensions to the airfield at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire which was quite peaceful...

I was an evacuee: London to Wallingford

During the time I was in London, I was rushed through the streets of Stepney to get a train to the Bank...

Civilian Bravery

When I was young, there was a kind of Family Legend about how, when I was an infant, burning petrol from a...

Young Evacuees: From London and Banbury

On 13 September 1940, the day Buckingham Palace was bombed, my sister and I were evacuated from Brockley,...

Memories of the GIs in the Cotswolds

Dancing was our main pastime and the dancers were held mainly in camp so of course trucks were sent round...

Wartime Import-Export

One morning, after finishing glancing through the morning papers, during the NAAFI tea break, I thought how...

A Wartime Christmas in Oxford

Mum and I lived with my grandparents during the war years when Dad was in the Army; so the household...

Bombed at Home

In my very early years three Bombs were dropped where we lived, one in Crabtree Rd and two in adjoining...

My War Effort: Working in Witney Making Aeroplane Pumps

When I had finished I volunteered to work in a factory in Witney making pumps for aeroplanes....

Evacuation: Oxfordshire

We used to make toys: soap-box type carts with wheels with ball-bearings, spinning tops and tanks out of...

Wading Through the Snow to Get the Keys!

Most of the time I was cooking for the Airman, but on this station I was cooking for the WAAFs. The WAAFs...

Sent Away: From London to an Oxfordshire Village

The wife was Austrian and had an Austrian friend in the village. I was disliked by the village kids and...

Oxford memories

In Oxford we were quite lucky because there was no bombing. I can remember the funny hairstyles and...

Mr John Bolton, Banbury / Felixtowe

Mr Bolton was born and raised in Banbury Oxfordshire... He stayed in the RAF for another six months,...

My Big Adventure

At nine years old the serious fact that war was imminent had no reality other than my sister and I were...

The Porter's Story

A German bomber left its squadron during a raid on the south coast, came up to Oxfordshire, and dropped its...

The Moving Roof

I was evacuated to Wantage for a while, but came back and helped on the land. We had some Land Army girls...

From Mitcham to Oxfordshire

I lived in Mitcham, in Surrey, but was bombed out and evacuated to West Hanney near Wantage....

Sugar

When sugar came off the rationing after the war, we children in the village brought a BAG of sugar... I can...

Childhood Memories of a Family at War (Part 2)

Childhood Memories of a Family at War. As previously submitted....

Childhood Memories of a Family at War (Part 1)

Childhood Memories of a Family at War. As previously submitted....

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evacuees war...

Bomb Damage Brize Norton 1940

Bomb Damage Brize Norton 1940...