Olive lived in Cape Town, and was only twelve when the war started... The Naval base, which still exists,...
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Remembering that most menfolk were away on war-service, the Master would invite, perhaps, British Army boys...
My father worked at Cortaulds in Coventry on nights and after one particular night of very heavy bombing he...
I was 8 years old when I was moved out of my home in Holland Road, Southsea to Redhill in Rowlands...
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At 18 I did not want to be called up so I volunteered for the land army, where I was sent to...
My grandparents children, Kathleen and Reg my uncle lived at home, ironically my other uncle Ron was...
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I was a Land Army girl sent from Ravensthorpe to Norfolk, and I had never been any further than Leeds. One...
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