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World War II

  • Bombs over Herts
    Bombs over Herts
    Four months of intense bombing takes its toll
  • Bonfires ablaze
    Bonfires ablaze
    Dozens of fire lit acros the county
  • Celebrations get underway
    Celebrations get underway
    Time to hang out the bunting
  • Celebrations in Watermill Lane & Rib Vale, Bengeo
    Celebrations in Watermill Lane & Rib Vale, Bengeo
    No street parties, but a toast in our gardens in 2020
  • Children's parties
    Children's parties
    Parties, ice creams pony rides and more
  • de Havilland factory bomb
    de Havilland factory bomb
    Bomb kills 21 workers
  • Diary of George Saunders, PoW
    Diary of George Saunders, PoW
    Diary of a PoW returning to England
  • Eyewitnesses
    Eyewitnesses
    Some local accounts
  • Leverstock Green's Home Guard
    Leverstock Green's Home Guard
    Photos of the Home Guard
  • Memories of The Very First VE Day in London
    Memories of The Very First VE Day in London
    A Welwyn Garden City man remembers
  • Misdemeanors
    Misdemeanors
    Occasionally the celebrations got a little out of hand
  • Oaklands Primary School VE Day Assembly
    Oaklands Primary School VE Day Assembly
    A special video assembly
  • Pilots and planes
    Pilots and planes
    Some pilots with Hertfordshire connections and the Spitfire Fund
  • Powell,Brazier & Chivers Families
    Powell,Brazier & Chivers Families
  • Taking shelter
    Taking shelter
    How residents prepared for air raids
  • The Blackout
    The Blackout
    A nationwide effort to turn off all the lights
  • VE Day 1945 Celebrations
    VE Day 1945 Celebrations
    VE Day party in Harpenden
  • VE Day Memories
    VE Day Memories
    Memories for my grandchilren
  • Voices of World War II - A Lumberjill's Tale
    Voices of World War II - A Lumberjill's Tale
    Hear the memories of a lumberjill
  • Voices of World War II - Decorating for VE Day
    Voices of World War II - Decorating for VE Day
    Hanging out the bunting in Ware
  • Voices of World War II - Peace announced in Hertfordshire!
    Voices of World War II - Peace announced in Hertfordshire!
    Peace at last
  • Voices of World War II - the ARP Warden's Journal
    Voices of World War II - the ARP Warden's Journal
    Quiet nights leading to mischief
  • Voices of World War II - The Evacuee Host
    Voices of World War II - The Evacuee Host
    Operation Pied Piper comes to Hertfordshire
  • Voices of World War II - the Home Guard
    Voices of World War II - the Home Guard
    A young member of the Home Guard writes to his fiancee
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