Our family lived five minutes walk from Hornchurch Aerodrome Spitfire Station 65sqd. Our street was lined with RAF lorries and most nights and days the sky was full of barrage balloons. A vivid memory ...

I was 9 years old when war started- the oldest of 5 girls. I remember sitting on our concrete patio on a hot September day. It was Sunday lunchtime. All the neighbours were in their gardens with ...

Our family lived five minutes walk from Hornchurch Aerodrome Spitfire Station 65sqd. Our street was lined with RAF lorries and most nights and days the sky was full of barrage balloons. A vivid memory ...