Buckinghamshire

Harry Tapley's Memories - Part 5

I really wasn't believing I was home until we were going between where we landed at Wing to Amersham...

Memories of the War in Aylesbury

My mothers brother and wife lived in Stockwell, London with two children Alf and June. Air Raids I once...

From Domestic to Intelligence Service

I was born and brought up in Breslau, which was then a German city about 300 km. south east of Berlin, but...

War Time Experiences: Working in the Evacuation Office and in the Land Army

When the Land Army Welfare Officer came round she said the place was not suitable for me and put me on...

Child of War

When teacher said take of your Mickey Mouse, there was a distinct racket of rubbery thuds as we all threw...

Letters From the Heart

My sister and I both joined the W.A.A.F. and we were stationed together in a large house called...

1939 - 45 War - Evacuation etc

Whilst at New Bradwell School I took and passed the scholarship exam. My parents had to select which school...

A Welsh Girl’s Perspective: Part 3

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour in December 1941, the decision was made - America was now in the...

My years at Bletchley Park – Station X

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 10

Too young to fight in the First World War and then too old to fight in the Second, her Father found himself...

Womens' Land Army

I was a member of the Womens' Land Army for 4 years. I only realised how well off I was after the...

Childhood Memories

Their job was crane driving and they used to travel all over the area to pick up the remains of crashed...

A Little Girl's Wartime Memories of London and Buckinghamshire

It must have been at the start of the London blitz in 1940 that he insisted that I, accompanied by my...

Without Dad

In Wales, in a house on a hill near Mold, we had a clear view of the searchlights as they swept the...

Evacuation From Bow, London

We arrived in Chorley Wood station and while we were waiting outside wondering which way to go, a lady...

The War as I Saw It

One day my elder brother went to queue up at the butchers and I was in the basement of this small terraced...

Initial Training or Endurance Test

I was told to report to Tullichewan Castle on Loch Lomond. Some of the girls were crying so I got up,...

A Little Boy's War: Evacuated to Bucks

Tears flowed profusely as mum's cried out 'Don't forget to write — Be good — Wash...

"The Day The War Broke out"

We heard the noise of aircraft and it looked like the Luftwaffe were bombing Slough, one aircraft broke...

The Arrival of Children Evacuated from London in Aylesbury.

Immediately prior to the outbreak of was, the Senior W.V.S. officer in Aylesbury was the Countess of...

Happy memories of evacuation

I'd finished my first year at Drayton Manor school who was not going to evacuate their pupils, so I was...

The Long Walk to Freedom

I had dysentry, semi-recovered from the dysentry, I was dropped out of the march and was picked up and put...

My Evacuation from London to Kent, Bucks, Sussex and Herts

First I was sent privately to Lady Margaret Manor, Doddington, Kent to get me out of London... On release I...

My War Effort as a Child (K.Lamb)

An American B17 bomber also crashed on a chicken farm. There were lots of opportunities for dances, most of...

Buckingham Home Guard

We recently held a 1940s weekend and as part of the research for the event I interviewed Roy Norris who is...

Winston's Walk

Winston Churchill, I thought it surely must be a stand in, there appeared to be no security whatsoever,...