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

  • Bombers over the Mersey

    Ray Wood was only 2 years old when WW2 started and lived in Wallasea, a mile from the docks where his father worked. He has vivid memories of rationing and taking cod liver oil as a child.

    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
  • Life in the air-raid shelters

    Peter Tomlinson and his parents are bombed out of their Walthamstow flat and move in with his Aunty in Ponders End, opposite the Royal Small Arms factory. As a result, most of his nights are spent in an 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

    6 min
  • Evcuation to Cornwall

    A listener describes life with her 4 siblings and their mother in a rural location in Cornwall. The local kids would shout "Don't fight with them, they be vaccies!"

    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