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THE STORY OF RAYMOND; HOUSE OF FLOWERS
Having arrived penniless in Britain from Germany in 1948, Raymond Elias eventually built up one of the most famous florist businesses in London with his partner John Stokes. Here he tells how he got started and built the business into a famous name with stars and celebrities among his customers.
WARTIME SCHOOLS - DONATED BY THE CANADIANS
It's not well known that the Canadians donated entire schools for use by London children whose schools had been bombed out. John's grandfather arranged for two of them to be imported to West Ham, and this is what it was like.
Narrow escapes for a WW2 evacuee and his parents
While John was having a traffic accident involving the only car for miles around, his father narrowly escaped death on a trolleybus and his parents were bombed out of their houses half a dozen times.
A WARTIME EVACUATION STORY WHICH STARTED BADLY BUT ENDED WELL
John Stokes was a small boy in West Ham when the bombing started. He reminds us that sometimes evacuation was not happy, and that not all those who took in children were necessarily well intentioned. Fortunately it all turned out OK in the end.
LIFE FOR A SMALL BOY IN GERMANY WHEN THEY LOST THE WAR
Raymond had been split up from his brother, who found his way across Germany to be reunited with their mother, only to find that she had been repatatriated to Britain. Raymond had more adventures before being reunited with what was left of his family in 1948.
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BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORY Seeing a Zeppelin
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. Here he recalls his earliest memory of seeing a German Zeppelin during the First World War.
CRASH LANDING AT GATWICK AIRPORT during World War Two
Wing Commander Bob Foster was born in 1920. He decided to join the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve in January 1939. He flew a Hurricane fighter in the Battle of Britain but had an unlikely landi
An eye witness of a communist execution
With Germany out of their way, Tito's communist party came back to power. Rrahim Rexhepi, a World War Two survivor, explains how the Yugoslavian communists executed people that simply refused to obey
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THE IMPRISONMENT OF RUDOLF HESS
In 1983, James was a Major in Berlin and among his responsibilities was taking care of Hitler's former deputy, Rudolf Hess. He met Hess frequently, and tells of the extraordinary relationship between
ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI Part 2
John Baxter was captured by the Japanese in 1942 and held first on Java. He was then transported to a camp on mainland Japan near Kyushu a coal mining area. Here he talks about being in Nagasaki in 19
BOMB EXPLODES ON HMS ANTELOPE Part 2 Falklands War
On May 23rd 1982 Warrant Officer John Phillips and his colleague Staff Sergeant James Prescott were called to HMS Antelope to defuse two 1,100 pound (500 kg) bombs...when one exploded.... In his e
HMS COVENTRY ATTACKED Part 2 Falklands War
On 25th May 1982, one of Argentina's National days, HMS Coventry, accompanied by HMS Broadsword was ordered to take up position in Falkland Sound to act as a decoy to draw away Argentinian aircraft fr
HURRICANES AND SPITFIRES
William Walker was born in 1913 and later went on to serve in the RAF during World War Two. He flew Spitfire's during the Warm notably in the Battle of Britain.
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