Hertfordshire

Jewish Schoolgirl Life in London [R.Lesser]

Jewish Schoolgirl Life in London. I was put in another school in Ruislip, it was the time when children had...

Little Evacuee Girl.

I got picked out quickly,but very politely I told them I was sorry but I was staying with my little friend...

My VE day poem

Grown ups busy, children play among the tables, standing there in roads bedecked with myriad flags and...

A Quiet War

I think the chocolate factory was bombed once, and my brother had to dive into a ditch one night, on his...

"Got Any Gum Chum"

I lived next door to a bakery which I think was called Blamche's in Belmont Road, Hereford where there...

Evacuation: Letchworth

My school Princess May, was officially evacuated to Letchworth, in Hertfordshire. The day after I had been...

POWs, Mum and me

Of course the adults got involved and after the war was over supervision of the POWs was more relaxed and...

An Unexpected Meeting with Winston Churchill

When Sgt Dunham arrived at the Rose and Crown he found that the army had set up a road diversion near to...

Nana and Grandad's World War Two Story: Evacuated to Hemel Hempstead

After a wile all the children got sent to a new family my Nan went to a lady called Mrs Tibbles, she...

Memories of Evacuation

I lived with my parents and brother in Stoke Newington, London, and attended N.Hackney Central School... As...

Ill Met By Moonlight

If we were out at night together, my friends and I would play follow-my-leader by jumping over the light...

One of the Few

We'd saved up all our coupons to buy silky material for wedding dress - new not borrowed - and...

BOMBS AND BISCUITS

To greedy little boys the prospect of the 'all clear' sounding just before the two-hour deadline...

Assorted Memories of Hertfordshire

I did night work at the munitions factory at Waltham Abbey for about a year, leaving when I became...

Being a Baby in WW2: Fleeting Early Memories

There in is no real story,just remebering the Anderson Shelter in the garden which was always wet...

A Sting in the Tail

He quickly went down the stairs and grabbed the coal shovel, and went back upstairs. The man hit the...

Memories of My Childhood during WW2: In Cuffley, Hertfordshire

This was because Cuffley was near Enfield were the ordnance factory was therefore being a risk for German...

One Chicken Wing

It was pretty quiet, really, although I remember a British bomber crashing on the hills just near us - the...

Waiting To Die: Doodle Bug in Watford

My brother, mother and me lived in Watford during the war... Even though Watford is considered now as north...

Not much fun

I was 17 or 18 at the start of the war, working for a doctor, but then I went to work in...

Memories of Y Force or Attendance at CLTS Elstree Training School

It was my job to install the equipment on Blenheim aircraft. We put IFF transmitterson our own...

The Italian Prisoner: Borehamwood to Los Angeles

During the war I was evacuated to Boreham Wood and on my way to school in the mornings I used to wave...

My Grandma

Only one child, a girl... I am interested in the war as all of my grandparents were involved and this is...

Childhood War Memories of London Colney [P.Lowry]

Childhood War Memories of London Colney. Near where we lived in London Colney there were a number of large...

Being called up for 'war work'

Once we finished the training we took an exam which I passed and then I was sent to a factory in Watford...

D-Day

I dashed to the window to see the amazing sight of a sky full of aircraft towing gliders, so grabbed my...