International Friendships

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...

Canadian and American Squadrons at Headcorn Airfield

The two Canadian Squadrons were 403 and 421, led by Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson CB CBE DSO DFC DL. Soon...

Primary schooldays WW2

Chelsfield was only a few miles from Biggin Hill which was a fighter defence air station guarding London....

Betty Bennett Chepstow Memories

One of the leading ladies painted the water colours of Chepstow Castle and the Arch that Larkfield staff...

Being Late Saved My Life

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

Pit Village Life in Scilly Banks and Moresby Parks, Cumberland during World War Two

During World War Two Joe worked at Walkmill Colliery in the nearby village of Moresby Parks and was a...

A Boy's Wartime Memories of Suffolk

Close to where I lived, the whole of the main Ipswich to Norwich road was closed along the length that ran...

Memories of When the Yanks Came to Truro, Part 1

The 531st were responsible for the production at Boscawen Park of concrete barges and their loading of high...

Tisbury at War

He still retains fond memories of his time in Tisbury: ‘I remember walking the two miles from our...

Boyhood Recollections of World War 2

When boarding a bus about to head off to Brightons I noticed a military motor-cyclist heading west and...

Extraordinary Schooling in WW2 - Part One

I recall startling mother with my total rejection when she suddenly switched to speaking German to us. I...

Tony's War

WW2 When I was Five.

Eventually dad said it was time they had a ‘cuppa’, so off went Fred down the garden to the...

Bombs, ARP and Home Guards

And they were both lovers of the sea, and Father and Uncle had a sailing boat and a motor boat, but they...

Thoughts on Wootton (Beds.) at War

On the last Saturday in September we arrived home to find a lady waiting for us with four young boys sent...

The Story of Miss Boobier (Switchboard Operator)

In Bobby's there was a Restaurant and my father played in the orchestra they use to have a cake trolley...

Bimps War: Friendly Allies and the Home Front

The 1st Belgian armoured car squadron was billeted in Chippenham from December 1943 until March 1944....

My Memoirs by Brenda

My dad said, “I will put a couple of bunk beds in the shelter for the kids and a mattress on the...

All Tanked Up - part 2

It would appear to have been the Churchills of this British regiment which Jim Clark and others saw being...

Perceptions

An hour or so after dinner dad and Karl set off for the long walk back to the camp and I scampered...

My Childhood Memories of World War II, Cambridge

Our sports lessons were taught by the young lady students from nearby Homerton College who took us to their...

Children in the War

I said to Robert: "How can you go to the English, they bombed and destroyed all our houses so that we...

One Child’s War

Dad went off to kill people and mum became Leicester's first bus conductress. When dad went back after...

War Years in Collyhurst Manchester

Many a morning I and my brother Michael, have joined my mam queuing at Dennis`s which was a local cigarette...

Blackwater Wartime Memories by Clive Benney and Tony Mansell

Following the retirement of John Oates in 1919, Mr A. J. Whale was appointed headmaster at Blackwater and...

Private Stanley Carruthers and family of Scilly Banks, Cumberland

Like my father's family, Stanley came from the small village of Scilly Banks, near Moresby Parks in...