05 War Years

Select Article	WAR YEARS.
VILLAGE WAR YEARS	by Ray Reeks Talk of village life in war years, evokes memories and stories of local heroism and humour galore.......................
WAR YEARS REMEMBERED	Letter from Mr S Morgan to Mr Webster in April 2005 with his reminiscences from the war Years.
ELSIE'S STORY LONDON EVACUEE	Extract from Childhood: Elsie's Story September 1939: Evacuated from London to Bath and then Verwood.
RESERVED OCCUPATION	When World War (II) started I was 16 years old and living in the then Village of Verwood in Dorset . I remember the blackout when no lights were allowed and all windows had to be blacked out......
V. E. DAY	By the spring of 1945 German outer defences had been broken and it was quite clear that, within a very short time, Hitler's forces would be totally defeated........
SOLDIERS OF THE KING	A selection of stories, paraphrased from 'Verwood at War' presented by members of the Verwood Evening Womens' Institute in 1984.
DAD'S ARMY	A further selection of stories, paraphrased from 'Verwood at War' presented by members of the Verwood Evening Womens' Institute in 1984 concerning the Local Defence Volunteers or 'Home Guard'.
NAAFI & BLITZ	"Naafi Days" by Lucy Miles & "Southampton Blitz" by Audrey Thorne.