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55 |
The Pulford's - 59 Ireton Road |
Mrs. Gemma Vincent |
Memories of Charles and Emma Pulford who were killed on 14th September 1940 at number 59 Ireton Road. |
Full Story |
54 |
Extracts from Percy Edward Agar's Diary. |
Mr. Nigel Agar |
Snapshots of wartime activity and events from 1940. |
Full Story |
53 |
The Stirling in Thurnby. |
Mr. John Collier |
Memories of the aircraft fuselage children used to play with in Thurnby, Leicestershire. |
Full Story |
52 |
Spud Picking in Leicestershire. |
Mr. Dennis Neal |
Recollections of working on a farm as a boy with Italian POW's in Leicestershire. |
Full Story |
51 |
Memories in Claybrooke. |
Mr. L.V. Pathe |
Memories of living on a working farm with Italian POW's in Claybrooke, Leicestershire. |
Full Story |
50 |
The Latimer Street bomb. |
Mr. John Richardson |
Recollections of the bombing of Latimer Street, evacuees, German POW's and the arrival of the Americans. |
Full Story |
49 |
The 82nd Airborne in Evington, 1944. |
Dr. Geoffrey Dexter |
An account of life and activities of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment based in Evington village during the war. |
Full Story |
48 |
The 82nd Airborne in Leicester, 1944. |
Mr. Thomas Kent |
An account of life and times in Leicestershire in 1944, from a soldier of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, U.S. 82nd Airborne Division. |
Full Story |
47 |
The Leicester Blitz. |
Mrs O.E. Farrands |
A Memoir of the Bombing of Leicester in the night's of the 19th and 20th November 1940. |
Full Story |
46 |
The recollections of a family in
Barrow-upon-Soar. |
Margaret McDonald and Mavis Green |
An account of two young girls describing how the war effected their family in Barrow during the wartime years. |
Full Story |
45 |
The Friese-Greene early warning system. |
Mr. Nigel Agar |
An account of a young lad's memory of the Friese-Greene family's contribution to the war effort in Leicester Forest East. |
Full Story |
44 |
A Fish Supper. |
Mr. Dennis Neal |
An account of a young Leicester lad's lucky catch during the wartime years of Rationing. |
Full Story |
43 |
Lucky Escape for a Baby Girl. |
Mr. Graham Grant |
An account of a young lad's memory of the raid on the Lockheed Aero factory, Braunstone Town, 10th January 1942 |
Full Story |
42 |
Sheltering from the Blitz. |
Billy Wood |
A memoir of the Leicester Blitz along the West End district of Leicester on the night of the 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
41 |
Leicester Blitz and the G.I.'s. |
Mr. Dennis Neal |
An account of the Leicester Blitz on the Highfields district and the arrival of the American troops in Evington and Stoughton during 1944. |
Full Story |
40 |
Wartime Leicestershire memoirs. |
Ms. J. B. Sleath |
Memoirs of a teenage girl's experience in Hinckley during the Second World War. |
Full Story |
39 |
The last 'Lamp' post serenade. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
A glimpse of the wartime 'Here today - Gone tomorrow' syndrome. A Leicester street eats 'Humble Pie'. |
Full Story |
38 |
The Beaumont Leys plane crash on 25th April 1943. |
Mr. Owen F. Adams |
A Postscript by the brother of one of the crew members of the bomber which crashed at Stocking Farm. |
Full Story |
37 |
Little Green Goblins? |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
A 'child's eye' view of German bomber crews during the early part of the war. |
Full Story |
36 |
The Legend of the "Lemon Rind" Find. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
A child's account of dealing with the lack of sweets during the war. |
Full Story |
35 |
Schoolboy's prayers almost answered. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
A child's account of one of the the Parachute mines that hit Leicester on the 20th November 1940. |
Full Story |
34 |
A child's memory of the war from LFE. |
Mr. Nigel Agar |
A child's memory of various activities that took place in and around Leicester and Leicester Forest east during the war. |
Full Story |
33 |
The night Hitler Blitzed our Offey & Chippy. |
Mr. Ted Hubbard |
An account of the main blitz bombing of Leicester on Cobden Street and Willow Street, on the night of Tuesday, November 19th 1940. |
Full Story |
32 |
A crash landing on school fields in 1943. |
Mr. Christopher Lymn |
A memoir of an allied plane crash landing on Alderman Richard Hallam Junior school playing fields, during 1943. |
Full Story |
31 |
The Beaumont Leys plane crash on 25th April 1943. |
Mr. Brain Turner |
An account of the the Wellington Bomber crash on Stocking Farm, Beaumont Leys, on the 25th April 1943. |
Full Story |
30 |
The bombing of Conduit Street on 19th November 1940. |
Ms. Hilda Barker |
An account of the bombing along Conduit Street, Leicester on the night of November 19th 1940. |
Full Story |
29 |
The Lancaster crash at Thurnby Lodge. |
Mr. Geoff Phillips |
An account of the plane crash on Thurnby Lodge, Leicestershire, April 8th 1945. |
Full Story |
28 |
Memoirs of the raids on the county during 1940-41. |
Ms. J. B. Sleath |
Memoirs of visiting Leicester's Magazine Bus station the day after the 19th November raid and an account of Merevale Avenue's bombing in Hinckley during May 1941. |
Full Story |
27 |
Memoirs of the raids on Leicester during 1940. |
Mr. Geoff Phillips |
An account of the two raids on Leicester on the 21st August and the 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
26 |
Memoirs of the Kirby Muxloe and Glenfield raid of 19th November 1940. |
Mr. R. E. Bell |
An account of the bombing of Kirby Muxloe and Glenfield, on 19th November 1940 plus the memories of a crashed bomber in the area. |
Full Story |
25 |
Memoirs of the Leicester Raid of 19th November 1940. |
Mr. R. E. Sperry |
An eyewitness account of the bombing of Leicester, on 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
24 |
Memoirs of school life in Leicester, during the war. |
Mr. J. K. Eley |
An account of a teenager's life at Wyggeston Boy's School, plus an eye witness account of a Lancaster plane crash. |
Full Story |
23 |
The bombing of West End, Leicester. |
J. Wood |
An account of the military activity on New Parks Estate and the bombing across the area of Western Leicester on the 14th November 1940. |
Full Story |
22 |
Shot at by the Luftwaffe,
Keats Lane, Earl Shilton. |
Mr. T. J. Langham |
A memoir of the machine gunning along Keats Lane and the bombing of the Leacrofts, Earl Shilton. |
Full Story |
21 |
Observations of bombing in and around Hinckley. |
Mr. T. Wheatley |
An account of some bombs that fell in and around Hinckley, plus visiting the site of an unknown plane crash. |
Full Story |
20 |
Observations of Coventry and Leicester's bombing. |
Mr. N. Coleman |
A memoir of watching and experiencing the bombing of Coventry and Leicester - 14th and 19th November 1940, from Belgrave. |
Full Story |
19 |
U.S. on Batton Street, Aylestone. |
Mr. T. Hancock |
A memoir of the U.S.A.A.F. stores depot. on Batten Street, Aylestone. |
Full Story |
18 |
The bombing of Brewster's Farm, Narborough. |
Mrs. H. Brewster |
An account of the bombing of Brewster's Farm, off Copt Oak Lane, Narborough - November 1940. |
Full Story |
17 |
Amendment's to the Leicester bombing record. |
Dr. A. Burrows |
An amended account of the damage caused to Leicester during the night of the bombing on 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
16 |
Pay to view bomb at
Ab Kettleby church fete. |
Mr. C. H. Wells |
An account of a church fete charging people to view their U.X.B. in grounds south of Ab Kettleby, during the war. |
Full Story |
15 |
The Bombs across
West End, Leicester. |
Mrs. D. Brookman |
An eyewitness account of the bombing across the West End district of Leicester - 14th November 1940. |
Full Story |
14 |
American canteen lorries in Oadby. |
Mr. A. R. Pendell |
Memoirs of the U.S. Vehicle Maintenance Unit billeted in Sandhurst Street, Oadby, during 1944. Plus memories of playing within the remains of a crashed bomber near Thurnby. |
Full Story |
13 |
Plane crash at Arnesby. |
Mrs. H. Brewster |
An eyewitness account of a Tomahawk crashing outside Arnesby village on 23rd July 1943. |
Full Story |
12 |
'Harvest Camp'
Knipton Reservoir 1944. |
Mr. D. Hall |
Memoirs of an R.A.F. Plane wreck at Knipton Reservoir, Vale of Belvoir, during the Second World War. |
Full Story |
11 |
Welford in wartime. |
Mr. W. Bennett Roberts |
An account of RAF personnel stationed at RAF Husbands Bosworth whilst on a visit to Welford village during the war. |
Full Story |
10 |
Memories of Saltby Airfield. |
Mr. D. Stewart |
An account of a visit to Saltby Airfield during the war. |
Full Story |
9 |
Memories of Saltby. |
Mr. D. Stewart |
A account of Luftwaffe attacks on and around Saltby and memories of the Lancaster crash at Croxton (27/11/44). |
Full Story |
8 |
"Jerry's up to sumut tonight" |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
A families account of the unusual multiple events which took place in the Evington and the Highfields area during the Blitz of 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
7 |
Memories of Cavendish Road, Aylestone. |
Roma Matthews |
A child's eyewitness view of the Cavendish Road Bombing, Aylestone - 21st August 1940. |
Full Story |
6 |
Memories of the U.S. Billeted in Braunstone. |
Mrs. J. Le-Butt |
A young girl's memory of Christmas partie's, in Braunstone, with the Americans during the Second World War. |
Full Story |
5 |
Why I am proud to be English. |
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An account of an elderly gentleman experiencing his first air raid on Leicester, 19th November 1940. |
Full Story |
4 |
The Gunpowder Plot. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
An account of two Leicester boys' collection of stored ammunition in their mothers loft, during the Second World War. |
Full Story |
3 |
Why I Like The Yanks. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
An encounter with the U.S. Military! Barkby Thorpe, Leicestershire, May 1944. |
Full Story |
2 |
Sunshine to sadness. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
An eyewitness account of a plane crash outside Thurnby, Leicestershire April 8th 1945. |
Full Story |
1 |
Whispering Panes. |
Mr. T. C. Cartwright |
The effects of the Coventry Blitz on a Leicester boy during the night of November 14th 1940. |
Full Story |