Category: World War Two

Dig For Victory – Sheila Binks (nee Robinson)

I was seven when war was declared in September 1939. I was the youngest in the family. There was: Mum; Dad; Arthur, who was 19; Kendall, who was 9 and myself, Sheila. We lived in Stoneycroft. I remember Arthur receiving his call-up papers and going away. He was in the

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Grandma’s War – Brenda Murray (nee McElroy)

As prepared for my grandchildren. I was fifteen and a half and living in North Liverpool, not far from the docks, when war was declared in 1939. It had been expected for some time and six months earlier there had been the possibility that Seafield Convent’s trip to Switzerland might

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The Liverpool Experience – Joe Bowers

I was born and grew up in Manchester from 1921 onwards. I must say that as a young boy, in the 1930s, when Everton beat my beloved Manchester City in the FA Cup I never forgave Liverpool. From 1935 to 1939 I had occasion to visit Liverpool Pier Head four

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War Memories – Mary Harrison (nee Kinsella)

I was four when the war started, so shortages seemed the norm, I suppose. I do remember we often ran out of things like sugar and butter. One memory does stick. As we were a large family our 2oz. butter ration added up to a respectable looking lump and must

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