Memories of World War Two

These are some of the memories which were shared yesterday between grand parents and year 4 children.

Mr Evans told me that he was 3 years old when the war started and he lived on a farm but they didn’t have an Anderson shelter so they had to go down to the public shelter. He also told me that he a baby gas mask. Mrs Fitzpatrick told me that during the war she had a hoop, marbles and peg dolls. She was 9 when the war ended. By Alice T

Mr Evans said that the ration books only had a certain amount of food. He missed his fish and chips! By Ella B

Mr Evans told us his favourite toys were his marbles and a game called ‘nearest to the wall’ – you had to flip your cigarette card nearest the wall to see who won. By Bethany W

Mr Evans told me that his dad worked and his mum didn’t so his mum would look after him. He told me that he did not have an Anderson shelter so went in the streets with more Anderson shelters with concrete on the top and bricks on the side. Mr Evans stayed in Plymouth all though the war. He told me that he wore and gas mask and he felt scared. He said he’d never seen a bomb but he heard lots of bombs around him. He said that after the war all the people in Plymouth celebrated and had a long table full of food. By Preston B

Mr and Mrs Austin said that they were babies but Mr Austin told me that his dad broke his arm. He was walking in the garden back to the house when he heard the air raid siren and looked up in the sky and saw air craft up there. So he ran to the Anderson shelter and the air craft dropped a bomb and it flew through his house. Mr Austin’s dad had lots of bruises and cuts but when he fell down the steps to the Anderson shelter he broke his arm. By Rebecca B

When I spoke to Mrs Fitzpatrick she told me all about life up in Scotland during the war and that she lived near a prisoner of War camp and that one of the German soldiers made her a ring out of a copper coin. Mrs Fitzpatrick also told me that when she came to Plymouth she was sat on a fold up bed with her sister, brother and a cousin, a fire bomb went off outside and they all rushed to the window except her and she got trapped in the bed. By Caitlin L

Mrs Fitzpatrick told me the scariest things was getting into the Anderson shelter because it was dark and cramped. By Alice S

Mr Marlton told us about all the laughs they used to have. One of the funny stories was when he was in the Anderson shelter and a German blew up the carrots he had planted a few days ago and all the bits came flying through the blackout curtains, hitting all of them! By Josh E

Mrs Davey and her family moved to Paignton to stay away from the bombing – they were safe there but the still went out for the air raids. By Libby U

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