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World War II

Trainee WWII pilots at RAF Sealand
Evacuees who came to live in NE Wales talk about their war-time experiences while locals discuss life on the home front and other people share their time on the frontline.

Audio & Video

Listen or watch as people share their war stories.

Ode to Peace

Every year we honour the dead, but it never ends, writes Jim.

Richard Roberts

Richard Roberts' war experiences took him as far afield as Africa.

Hannah Roberts

Hannah met her husband and moved to Wrexham because of the war.

Denbighshire at war

Local historian Bob Barton has recorded the wartime memories of local people.

Hazel Formby

Hazel and her family left Liverpool for Flintshire during the war.

Alfred Snead

A Shotton steelworker who lost his life in the war.

Mervyn Foulkes

Grandfather Mervyn grew up during the War years.

D-Day poems

A collection of children's poems about D-Day.

Bomb drops in

Grandfather carries on as normal - despite hole in the roof!

Ask a Local

Help to answer people's questions to do with WWII.

VE Day

Gwyn Dodd remembers VE Day in Denbigh.

John Buckley

John Buckley served throughout the Second World War.

POW's story

Hughie secretly drew a picture of the POW camp where he was being held.

Photos

Images show how the war affected local people.

Women's Land Army

Photos of the Women's Land Army in NE Wales.

A letter home

An evacuee's letter home from Bwlchgwyn.

Penley's Poles

A brief history of Penley's Polish community.

GI Joe

GI Joseph Halpin remembers friends he met in Denbigh.

WWII weapons site

Secret munitions factory made mustard gas shells.

have your say

We'd like to hear your memories of WWII, particularly to do with being an evacuee in North Wales or if you were a member of one of the host families. More....


WW2 People's War

more from North East Wales

Entertainment

belly
Community events

A round-up of events and weblinks about things to do this week.

In Pictures

Talacre lighthouse
Talacre lighthouse

Take a rare view inside the towering landmark on Talacre beach.

Nature & Outdoors

Flint Castle
Great outdoors

Our guide to the best the region has to offer in the great outdoors.


Lleol
Les Barker

Dysgu Cymraeg

Dysgwr Cymraeg yn sgwenu barddoniaeth.


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