Category: British Civilian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=day60B2OqBY&t=6s I left school when I was 14 and I went to work at Neens and Pearson's that was a Publishing Company of ladies magazines. And we did we started as messengers going around to different places showing the proofs and having them okay to be printed in magazines and I did that for six … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Beth Scraggs

Wartime Memories of Ken Wright Ken Wright was born in Hale, Cheshire in May 1930 and was 9 years old when World War 2 started. As well as living through the War, he was called up into the Army and was a bandsman. This transcript records his memories before and during World War 2 together … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Kenneth Wright

Wartime Memories of Sylvia and Ron Seddon Sylvia Seddon (née Cook) was born in Stretford in 1936 and remembers vividly the bombing of MetroVicks. Ron was born in nearby Trafford in 1935. This transcript records their memories before and during World War 2 together with other experiences. The transcript and the video are about 52 … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Sylvia and Ron Seddon

Elizabeth Watson (née Sladden) was born in Northumberland in 1933 and was on a ship (SS City of Simla) with her mother when it was torpedoed of the Northern Ireland coast in September 1940, while they were on their way to the Far East. This transcript records her memories before and during World War 2 … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Elizabeth Watson

Tony Mindham was born in rural Norfolk in 1938 and didn’t see much of the War which, living in Holme Hale, passed him by to an extent. Carole Mindham (née Wilkinson) was born in South Manchester in 1941, after the War had started. They could not have come from more different backgrounds! This transcript records … Continue reading The Wartime Memories of Carole and Tony Mindham