David Wooderson's War

David Wooderson's War - Part 1: Early Days

I "grew up" with stories of that war: Uncle George had been torpedoed and survived, Mum talked...

David Wooderson's War - Part 2:From Phoney War to Real Action

We did not know at the time of the various ruses, and diplomatic pressures which led the Germans to think...

David Wooderson's War - Part 3: Evacuation to Wales (1)

My new school, Erith County, had originally been evacuated to, of all places, Ashford in Kent, right in...

David Wooderson's War - Part 4: Evacuation to Wales (2)

I remember a boat trip on the River Nidd at Knaresborough, under the spectacular and often-photographed...

David Wooderson's War - Part 5: Back in Bexleyheath

Most exciting of all was when a Lysander aircraft would take off from nearby Shoreham aerodrome and fly up...

David Wooderson's War - Part 6: D-Day and after

A flying bomb had hit Bexleyheath trolleybus depot, about 600yds away, although we had heard nothing. The...

David Wooderson's War - Part 7: Final Days

I took the two English subjects, French, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, History and Art... We had...