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"Time Bomb"

As can be imagined, looking for a good time in a period of such pain and sadness as WWII the wedding guests...

Dunkirk and Marriage

Eddie,a Leeds tailor's cutter, and, during the war, a Gunner in 67th Field Regiment, Royal...

The Norwegian Corporalicon for Story with photo

In June 1943 during the blitz, Hafner had been sheltering in the basement of Norway House on the corner of...

A Chance Meeting at Uxbridge

In the meantime,my mother had been called up in the WAAF and had been stationed at...

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In Hull and Iraq in WW2

He said "it was wicked taking them from their mothers" Hull again - walking past the Palace Theatre...

Setting His Cap for Me

In later years I worked with a lady called, funnily enough, Violet Wilson... He was back the following...

Nursing Romance: In Stoke-on-Trent

His mum was a patient of mine at the City General and she asked i f one of us nurses would write...

1939 and the Last War

In 1941 I met and married my husband who had come down from the Manchester area to join the Navy- nowhite...

My Auntie Jean's story

Weddings in the War If you were going to a wedding friends and neighbours would rally round and lend you...

Just a Swig of Whisky - The Long Road Home- Part 2icon for Story with photo

I was stationed at the time on a Jungle airstrip, just outside Rangoon.I packed my bags and managed to...

Romance in Belgium

She was older than Frances, but Nan out-ranked her... When the war ended Frances went back to Hereford to...

First Stowaway Bride of WW2: Atherstone to USA

I returned to England for 1 year and then went back to America and had 2 more children and then a daughter...

War Time Bride

My fiancé was serving in France with the BEF in 1939; he came home to be married on May 4th 1940... In...

My Parents War

Briefly: my parents war, mum Doris still alive: dad was born in 1920 in Glasgow, as a boy of 19 he enlisted...

Wedding in 1944

Having been at school in Salisbury I telegrammed the vicar of the local church that we attended. After the...

Marriage in 1943icon for Story with photo

We married at Newland St. Johns Church in Hull... My friend asked whether my father was a ‘Special...

Wartime Romance Hits the Rocks

Amy and Tommy met at West Felton when he flew in to have his Spit seen to and told Amy to 'see...

Life in ENSA

I then joined the only all girl show on ENSA and we went on tour for 6 months to Northern Ireland,...

Life in the Land Army

Many years later I ended up in the Land Army there and married a Welsh boy who was in the Air Force....

Lily, Bob, and a Cat called Pyro.

Bob flew in flying boats with a cat called Pyro and teamed up with fellow photographer Keith Medley for the...

End of a romance

In 1945 my boy friend returned from the Middle East... We spent a few days visiting friends and relations...

My Sister and I

When we were eventually evacuated to Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk my sister made friends with a girl from...

Love at First Sight

In the Tithe barn in Tisbury dances with old time waltzes were the order of the day and Betty's card...

A Belgian Love Story

Tony came back to England to get kitted out to go to Japan... Tony was then recalled and he was sent to...

Wedding Day Blues: In Sheffieldicon for Story with photo

This was the weekend of the Sheffield Blitz, starting on the evening of the 12th December in which my...

A Wartime Romanceicon for Story with photo

After serving at Portland Naval Base in Dorset from 1943-1944, and having volunteered for overseas service...

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