Air Raid Precautions

The Swansea Blitz - Part 3

Swansea was faced with a terrific ordeal on these three I consecutive nights in the heavy enemy attacks...

Cardiff Under Attack by the Luftwaffe Part 1 Llandaff Cathedral is badly damaged

I was then a little girl aged 8 years old and lived in the village of Llandaff, Cardiff, in South Wales....

Marjorie and Fred's story

I moved to London with my family because the house was bombed and we lived first for eighteen months in...

From Pillar to Post - Part 2

We saw a torch light and heard voices heading towards us and was jolly well relieved when mum climbed into...

A Child of a Wartime Postman

My mum thought that I would be as safe with dad as anywhere else, so as a very young laddie, I would...

A Personal Account - Written in 1948

Haydon Hall, Eastcote, our Civil Defence Depot had some small bombs in the grounds and was twice bombed...

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...

I was Twelve when the War broke out 1939-1945

Dozens of London churches were bombed, but one I remember especially was close to us in Plaistow, the...

One Schoolboy's War Against Hitler!

Each London Borough had its own teams of ARP Control points who monitored the fall of bombs and the...

Joan Quibell's Diary - Part Two - 1939-1940

The British Navy had destroyed many German U-boats and forced others to flee for safety into neutral...

Life in Old Bramhope in Wartime - Part 1

We had to learn the warnings; for gas it was a wooden rattle that was swung round by the warden to produce...

Wartime Memories 1940 - 1946 (Continued)

I must have fallen asleep straight away, as in what only seemed minutes, there was the Petty Officer coming...

Civil Defence Ambulances in South Gloucestershire

Resplendent in his dark blue battle-dress uniform with yellow badges and insignia, he was able to proudly...

Remembering the War

In August 1939 I went on holiday to Herne Bay in Kent and one day walking along the front I heard the...

Cardiff Under Attack by the Luftwaffe - Part 2

One of the tombstones hit the roof of Llandaff Church School, that was situated in the centre of the...

My Memories as a Warden.

There were Large, Medium and Small, also a Mickey Mouse one for the kiddies, and a cot one for babes in...

Wartime Memories of Semilong

Living at 85 Semilong Road, we had an extremely long garden, with a greenhouse, and a father who loved...

My World War Two Experiences: the Womens' National Fire Service

Our flat in Peckham had been bombed and blasted many times, so with no windows or doors left we regretfully...

Wartime Memories of Semilong

Living at 85 Semilong Road, we had an extremely long garden, with a greenhouse, and a father who loved...

Childhood Memories Of WW2

Later, during the time of the V1 flying bombs,, we used to look up at the Spitfires trying to shoot them...

Digging for Victory/Fire Watching while a Pupil at Dunstable Grammar School

Before the war my father had as a hobby, a smallholding at the back of our house in Luton Road, Dunstable,...

From Ironmongers to Europe

By getting these certificates you could get supplies from the wholesalers; there was one occasion when the...

The First Year

Illustrated magazines and posters showed us how to recognise German soldiers even if they were out of...

A Lady Driver's War

Every friday I drove the cashier from Patten and Bouldings woollen mill to fetch the wages, one Friday a...

My Wartime Teens

After almost a couple of years in the shop, Mam and Dad decided to move to a nice house near the park,...

Beryl Stevens (nee Knight)’ Wartime Memoirs (born 25th June 1926)

My Mum having lived through the First World War at the same age as me knew there would be many lives lost...