About the contributor

I love other peoples stories, since I was child I've listened to my parents next door neighbours telling me about London during the second world war. Bill Byford, who worked throughout the war at Beckton Gas Works, is now 92 and his son Allen thought it would be a good idea to get some of his recollections down on paper for future readers to appreciate just one side of the times endured by a Londoner during the Blitz. Allen penned the stories and I typed them up for this site; hopefully as time goes on it may be possible to get more memory snatches from Bill and record them too.