Memories 2nd World War 1939 – 1945
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Audry Speight, Popplewell & Fred Barrett – 1940s
A memory from Audry Speight who is a committee member of AHS, was born in 1927 and lives in Yeadon.
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John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (1)
I and another even younger than I, Brian Walsh, were accepted as junior members of the South View ‘gang’ …
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John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (2)
One thing we kids were interested in was aircraft crashes which we would visit hoping for souvenirs.
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John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (3)
I was astonished to find that a stick of bombs had been dropped by a lone raider.
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John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (4)
Because of my medical grade and previous accounts experience I was the only one of the intake to be posted to the Royal Army Pay Corps.
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John Denison, A Teenager in Wartime Yeadon, 1939 – 1945 (5)
…a fascinating journey and I hope an inspiration to others to do as John has done,
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John Hopkinson, Spitfires Over Yeadon, 1939 – 1945
As you can tell, it will be with me till my dying day. I had not bought a video camera, and for ever wish that I had – just for that day.
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Mabel Harrison – Yeadon, 1930s to 1950s
The 1930s brought better conditions for working people, many council houses were built and people had bathrooms and electric light for the first time.
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Sam Kilburn, Home Guard & Royal Navy Memories, 1939 – 1945
I altered my birth certificate and off I went to the recruiting office in Vicar Lane, Leeds where I was interviewed by a big…
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Shirley Margaret Bork, nee Bailey, Early Music 1939 – 1945
When we were called into the main hall, to be given a talk, it was usually about collecting salvage for …
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The Harrison Family, 1943 – 1944
He was wounded a short while ago but he has now recovered and is back up the line again.