High Wycombe In War Time
A Memory of High Wycombe.
I was born in High Wycombe in 1938 and lived there till 1945. My school-time memories were of going to Godstowe with my sister, and winning the top spelling prize in the school - an achievement never since emulated! I remember my father taking me to the hilltop and pointing to a red glow in the distance, saying “That’s London burning”. We had a couple of doodlebugs which landed in nearby fields, and we children dashed out to collect the bits. To this day I still remember their whine - which stopped, then silence, then the sound of a bomb exploding - luckily well away from people. Once or twice we went to London and I remember thinking I must smile at all the people in uniform, and frown at those who were not! We couldn’t get petrol for private cars so ours was put on blocks in the garage. High Wycombe was a safe place for children during the war - at least, that’s what we were led to believe.
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