Liz Young interviewed in May 2018 by Jill Pearce for WarGen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6hNgS2KTI My personal memories of the war are rather sketchy and random. I was born at Woldingham, Surrey in 1936. The village is between Croydon, Kenley and Biggin Hill aerodromes, targets for the German bombers and I remember the planes droning overhead and sometimes … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Liz Young
The Wartime Memories of Francis Stone
Transcript of interview with Francis Stone by Jill Pearce https://youtu.be/oqGIGq2IA4Q Well my experience would be different to the majority because, as I said a few minutes ago, we fortunately knew people in the district that we went to, so I think that the people that I was actually evacuated to officially drew a billeting allowance. … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Francis Stone
The Wartime Memories of Alf and Val Charles
The Wartime Memories of Alf and Val Charles for WarGen Interview carried out by Deb Fisher and transcribed by Zoe Booton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTF11NREO-s I came to Cowbridge Drama School on my first day the 14th September 1938 the very first day that Edward Reece became headmaster and the day they officially opened the gymnasium and dining … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Alf and Val Charles
The Wartime Memories of Ronald Core
The Wartime Memories of Ron Core Ronald Core was born in Ancoats, in central Manchester, on 21 February 1931. His mother’s surname was Jackson. He had two sisters, sadly no longer with us. His dad served in the 1st WW, but was injured and came home to serve in the Labour Corp. Ron was called … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Ronald Core
The Wartime Memories of Elaine Greensmith
World War 2 Memories of Elaine Greensmith September 3rd 1939 found me, aged 6, with my family on the beach at St.Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire, a popular holiday resort near Blackpool. My brothers and father had been playing cricket on the beach with a several other boys who had joined in the game. Suddenly I was told … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Elaine Greensmith
The Wartime Memories of Christopher Rigg
Recollections of Sheepy, Leicestershire, in World War II by Christopher Rigg (Note: Sheepy is a civil parish in the Borough of Hinckley and Bosworth in Leicestershire, England. It contains the villages of Sheepy Magna, Sheepy Parva, Sibson, Wellsborough, Upton, Pinwall and Cross Hands). We moved to Sheepy from Sheffield on 12 July 1942. One … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Christopher Rigg
The Wartime Memories of Patricia Honor Shepeard
Wartime Memories of Patricia Honor Shepeard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaEx3b3se78 Born on 12th May 1930 at Ferndale Court Brixton (apparently first baby born there!). Ferndale Court was an area of modern apartments for Police Officers and their families. Mother Lilian. Father Leonard - City of London Police Officer - believe my mother was a seamstress in her … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Patricia Honor Shepeard
The Wartime Memories of Pat Hemingway
Pat Hemingways Memories of WW2 I was born in 1930 at West Melton, Rotherham, a coal mining area. I was an only child and my parents were Richard Grainger and Annie (nee Butterfield, from Castleford, Yorkshire). Dad worked in the local Co-op and was also a special Constable, he failed his medical so he was … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Pat Hemingway
The Wartime Memories of Alexander Roy Nichols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIKUxfrRieg&t= Hello my name is Rob Nichols and I'm going to do an interview for WarGen, the date is the 21st August 2018. No it isn't! 21st April even. 21st April 2018 and we are in Stroud and we are going to be discussing the experiences during the Second World War of my father Alexander … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Alexander Roy Nichols
The Wartime Memories of Pauline Vaughan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSK-yF4SxLo So, when were you born? 14th April 1927. Where were you born? What, the address? Yes. 4 Chartry Road, Stockhill, South West 9. Who were your parents? Emily and Arthur Smith. Did your mother work? Not until the war, women were called up to do jobs, she went in her office as she used … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Pauline Vaughan