Blitz Story Archive, part 2
This is an archive of true stories about life in Coventry during the Blitz, as told by survivors. I would like to add as many Blitz memories as possible to this archive, in order to preserve history for future education, and to honour the memories of those who were killed by the bombing raids.
If you have any interesting memories or family stories of wartime Coventry or the Blitz please email them to met at blitzstories@familyresearcher.co.uk and I shall be happy to add them to my site. Any wartime snapshots would also be much appreciated.
Dad brought back as a souvenir from the First World War, a gun that he took from a German Officer who surrendered to him. My mother was very worried about it as he still had ammunition so when they were working on the floor he placed the gun into the wet cement.
Some time after that my Gran decided to move back to Lower Ford Street, so we moved to be near her. Unfortunately sometime later the house where we had been living was bombed, I think in the April raid and the old man and his daughter who were living there were killed. They did have an Anderson shelter in the garden but for some reason didn’t use it.
My Aunt and her family were still living next door but they were unhurt as they had gone to a local shelter. Sometime later they had a visit from the local police as the gun had been found in the clear up, but they said they didn’t know anything about it so what the police did with it is a mystery.
If you have any interesting memories or family stories of wartime Coventry or the Blitz please email them to met at blitzstories@familyresearcher.co.uk and I shall be happy to add them to my site. Any wartime snapshots would also be much appreciated.
Wartime Memories of K Hill
During the Second World War we lived for a time in Burlington Road I think the number was 37. Our neighbours were my Aunt Annie and her family. Most of my family were living in the same street as they were a very close. The house we were living in didn’t have a proper separate kitchen just a parlour kitchen so my father built a conservatory to give us more room.Dad brought back as a souvenir from the First World War, a gun that he took from a German Officer who surrendered to him. My mother was very worried about it as he still had ammunition so when they were working on the floor he placed the gun into the wet cement.
Some time after that my Gran decided to move back to Lower Ford Street, so we moved to be near her. Unfortunately sometime later the house where we had been living was bombed, I think in the April raid and the old man and his daughter who were living there were killed. They did have an Anderson shelter in the garden but for some reason didn’t use it.
My Aunt and her family were still living next door but they were unhurt as they had gone to a local shelter. Sometime later they had a visit from the local police as the gun had been found in the clear up, but they said they didn’t know anything about it so what the police did with it is a mystery.
