Music of the War Years - Listeners' Memories

Music of the War Years - Listeners' Memories

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Music of the War Years - Listeners' Memories episodes

  • 'The day war broke out' and other WW2 holiday memories

    Listener John Dummer recalls how he and his family heard while on holiday that war with Germany had been declared. He also recalls other WW2 holidays

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years, as broadcast on HRB, at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    5 min
  • Firecracker scares Granny

    Chris Parker described how letting off a firecracker brought back his Granny's memory of being strafed by a ME109

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years, as broadcast on HRB, at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    2 min
  • Submariner who fought on both sides

    The story of a Polish man who was conscripted into the Germany navy, serving most of the war in U-boats, but after capture by the British in 1944, volunteered to join the Polish Free Navy.

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years, as broadcast on HRB, at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    6 min
  • VJ Day memories

    John Dummer describes VJ Day celebrations and the relief that WW2 was finally over

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years, as broadcast on HRB, at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    3 min
  • Life during the Blitz

    Mary Roberts describes personally what it was like to live with the constant threat of air raids. She was recorded by her son Mitch Johnson

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years programmes at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    3 min
  • After VE Day

    John Dummer describes the sense of relief everyone felt after VE Day and how life slowly returned to normal.

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years programmes at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    4 min
  • Spitfire worker's escape from death

    My Dad, Phil Pearce, narrowly escaped death during a daylight bombing raid by the Luftwaffe on the Supermarine factory in Southampton, during which many of his fellow workers were killed by a direct hit on their air-raid shelter.

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years programmes at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    4 min
  • Evacuation to the country

    Ron Davis described how his family were bombed out of their Southampton home and his subsequent evacuation to the country.

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years programmes at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    5 min
  • VE Day in London

    John Dummer's Dad worked for the Admiralty in London and when he and off duty as a Fire Warden. John describes how he and his parents attended the VE Day celebrations in central London.

    You can listen to the complete series of Music of the War Years programmes at

    https://soundcloud.com/vernon-92422639/sets/music-of-the-war-years

    4 min

About Music of the War Years - Listeners' Memories

From the publisher's feed

In the making of a series of programmes for Hospital Radio Basingstoke called music of the War Years, I asked for listeners' memories of WW2 - as evacuees, of the Blitz and other memories