Audrey Podcast
1) I felt scared and shivered in my bed that night.
I soon realised that despite the sadness of the children being away from their families it was an amazingly happy place.
2) I decided, sometime ago, to take a section of all the true stories that contributors shared with me.
An excellent volunteer with a good social conscious. Thank you for Jo
3) Comments from Audrey. I recall John with fondness. He chaired Wellingborough Welfare Rights.
He worked diligently for many years not only for Welfare Rights but, also for Guide Dogs Associated. Audrey Ellis.
4) Geoff Stanfield 1933
About a day later there was a knock at the door and mum answered it. There was dad in FSMO (Full Service Marching Order), in other words full kit bag, small pack, respirator, ammunition pouches, tin h...Show More
5) I left school at the age of fourteen. I had passed the exam to go to Grammar school.
I couldn't go to Grammar School as dad couldn't afford the uniform. I joined the RAF at the age of eighteen. A friend asked me what I was doing during The Battle 0f Britain weekend.
I left school at the age of fourteen. I had passed the exam to go to Grammar school.
03:53 | Mar 19th, 2022
6) Les Judkins born 1930
I am trying to give a better understanding regarding what life has been like over the last hundred years. All these stories are precious records regarding how our lives have changed. Please let me kno...Show More
7) I remember October 12th 1942,the biggest day of the Blitz.
We had spent the night in a shelter. The following morning we returned home. As mum was walking she kept repeating "I wonder if our house will still be there!" We discovered that five houses down from...Show More
8) I was stationed at Chatham. We were going to be inspected by King George so we had a few days off.
I was in the NAAFI Club. Some sailors had arrived from a Royal Navy ship. They had been sailing the Mediterranean. A young man asked me to dance and then he. asked me to go for a drink. Not long after...Show More
9) I couldn't be a member of any political party whilst a Salvation Army Officer.
I will never change my politics, nothing is perfect and no one is perfect. Life is temporary. Everything around you is temporary, so do what you can. I don't know what will happen tomorrow.
I couldn't be a member of any political party whilst a Salvation Army Officer.
02:47 | Feb 21st, 2022
10) We had a lovely time when the Maharajah sent his elephant up. to pick us up.
Dad would go shooting if a child had been taken by a wild animal, he would go out and shoot it. We had walls around the houses. Two men, with guns, would always be on guard.
We had a lovely time when the Maharajah sent his elephant up. to pick us up.
03:48 | Feb 21st, 2022