In September 1943 the Italians left the war but the Germans fought on and in Italy occupied Rome. By the...
One night on the way home from work, I stopped the Austin 7 outside the drill hall in Nottingham, and I...
I was being sent to Warsop Main Colliery and I had to go to the Town Hall where I was given a...
MANCHESTER December,1940 My friend Sarah and I had been transferred to Nottingham....
By the way, I mentioned to Arthur Smith about the travelling facilities for the wives of men in the forces,...
I was Guy Gibson's Friend and Worked on the First Radar Navigation and Early H25 TV and the Pathfinders...
To facilitate this my Battery was moved to a place at Bulwell Hall just outside of Nottm, but I was one of...
Training at the Midland Agricultural College The trainee Land Army girls who had been sent to the College...
Unfortunately, I learned some days later that LAC Godfrey, the armourer, was included in the list of the 12...
Uncle Bernard, in Montreal, Dad's oldest brother, sent seeds, food parcels and bright red apples from...
Also, Mum managed finally to telephone Dad who agreed with her that David and I must go. We had been told...
In several of these letter Marie refers to George as Peter Precious- as she was a Catholic from Ireland and...
Early one Sunday morning at Winthorpe Hall, George Bennett cast a joiner's eye on the heavy wine cellar...
After a few weeks of severe bombing it was decided that we better go back to Fleetwood, what we didn't...
The Army had placed anti aircraft guns on the hills of course bombers came over Sheffield even on their way...
A boy at the Rhyl office had invited his Selhurst Grammar school friend up to Rhyl. I hated it back in...
My friend Brenda and I decided to push our mattresses together, put one blanket to cover the mattresses and...