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PRESERVING BOLTON PEOPLE'S MEMORIES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Back O'th' Bank Bleach Works, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Bacup Borough FC

Frank Edwards

Back Market Street, Stoneclough

Vince Southern

Back O'th Bank, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Bad Oeynhausen, 21st Army Group Headquarters, Germany

Ernie Holden

Bailey, Ellis - Neighbour

Audrey Cole

Bailey, Fred - Neighbour

Audrey Cole

Bailey, G - Grocers + Confectioners, Bradford Street, Bolton

Beverley Kay

Bailey, Thomas - Neighbour

Audrey Cole

Bailey, Walter - Neighbour

Audrey Cole

Bainbridge, Mr - Sweetshop Owner

Audrey Cole

Baller Camp, Singapore

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Bamber Bridge, Lancashire

Arthur Orrell

Bangalore, India

Ernest Marsden

Bangkok, Siam

Ernest Marsden

Barlow, Mr - Gardener

Audrey Cole

Ben Barlow, Gentlemen's Outfitters, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Banks, Tommy - Footballer + Bevin Boy

Ernie Holden

Bark Street, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Barrage Balloons

Edith Kay née Hayston

Vince Southern

Barrow Bridge, Bolton

Audrey Cole

Barstow, Major-General Arthur Edward - Commander 9th Indian Division, killed in action, Malaya 28.01.1942

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Bartram, Sam - Footballer

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Basra, Iraq

Barbara Smith

Bath, Somerset

Betty Jean Hall

Battle, Fairey - Bomber Aircraft

Arthur Orrell

Baxendale Street, Bolton

Ernest Marsden

Beaumont Road, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Jack Morgan

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

Beaumont Road Garage, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Bedford

Arthur Orrell

Belgium

Ernie Holden 1

Ernie Holden 2

Ernie Holden 3

John Makin

Barbara Smith

Antwerp

Bill Morgan

Flanders

John Makin

Proven

Ernie Holden

Ypres, Belgium

John Makin

Belmont

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Edith Kay née Curtis 3

Ernest Marsden

Belmont Road, Bolton

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Nellie Shaw 1

Nellie Shaw 2

Nellie Shaw 3

Nellie Shaw 4

Tex Beneke - US Musician + Singer

Ernie Holden

Bennett, Lietenant-Colonel G - Bolton Artillery - 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment

Image

Benson, Ivy - Band Leader

Arthur Orrell

Bentley Family - Fire Officers

Edith Thorpe

Bentley, John - Post Office co-worker

John Makin

Bentinck Street Mill Co, Bentinck Street, Farnworth

Lilian Mills

Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany

Thomas Ainsworth - Written account

Beriberi

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Berlin, Germany

George Davies

Berry, Dick

Written account

Bevin Boys

Ernie Holden

Roy Swannick

Banks, Tommy - Footballer + Bevin Boy

Ernie Holden

Lofthouse, Nathaniel 'Nat' - Footballer + Bevin Boy

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Ernie Holden

Beverley Kay

Roy Swannick

Swannick, Roy - Bevin Boy

Roy Swannick - main page

Bevin, Ernest - Minister of Labour and National Service, 1940-1945

Roy Swannick

Biache St Vaast, France

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RAF Bicester, Oxfordshire

Bill Morris - main page

Bidadari Camp, Singapore

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

RAF Biggin Hill, Kent

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Frank Edwards 3

Frank Edwards 4

RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire

George Davies

Binney, Constance - American Actress, Wife of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire

Frank Edwards

Birmingham

Edith Kay née Curtis

Birthdays

Bill Brown

Edith Kay née Curtis

May Longworth

Barbara Smith

Biscay, Bay of, France

George Davies

RAF Bishops Court, Down, Northern Ireland

Bill Morris - main page

Black Horse, Higher Market Street, Kearsley - Public House

Vince Southern

Black Lane Mill, Radcliffe, Lancashire

Image

Edith Williams

Black Market

Allan Lord

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

Blackburn Road, Bolton

Betty Jean Hall

May Longworth

John Makin

Nellie Shaw

Blackout

Cycle Lamp - Image

Audrey Cole

Beverley Kay

Edith Kay née Curtis

Edith Kay née Hayston

John Makin 1

John Makin 2

Arthur Orrell

Leila Parker

Nellie Shaw

Barbara Smith

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Williams

Blackpool, Lancashire

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Edith Kay née Hayston

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

Barbara Smith 1

Barbara Smith 2

Dick West

Blackpool FC

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Frank Edwards 3

Frank Edwards 4

Blackpool Tower

May Longworth

Barbara Smith

Blackpool Tower Ballet

Barbara Smith

Blackpool Tower Circus

Barbara Smith

Blackshaw Lane, Bolton

Edith Kay née Hayston

Blakang Mati, Singapore

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 1

Eric Wallwork - War Diary 2

Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Bobby Heywood's Park, Bolton

Audrey Cole

Bofors Gun

Jack Morgan

Bolton Artillery - 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment

Images

Audrey Cole

Ernie Holden

Bolton Civic Art Gallery

Maurice Kobelt

Bolton Eagle Spinning Co Ltd, John Street, Bolton

Edith Kay née Hayston

Bolton Evening News

Bill Brown

Edith Kay née Hayston

Maurice Kobelt 1

Maurice Kobelt 2

Ernest Marsden

Arthur Orrell

Vince Southern

Bolton Fire Station, Marsden Road, Bolton

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Thorpe 3

Bolton Harriers

Allan Lord

John Makin

Bolton Home Guard - F Company, No 1 Platoon

Image

Bolton Journal

Betty Jean Hall

Bolton Light Leathers, Weston Street, Bolton

May Longworth 1

May Longworth 2

Arthur Orrell

Bolton Municipal Secondary School, Great Moor Street, Bolton

May Longworth

John Makin

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Edith Thorpe

Dick West

Bolton Municipal Technical College

Image

Allan Lord 1

Allan Lord 2

John Makin

Bolton Road, Farnworth

Bill Morgan

Bolton Road, Kearsley

Vince Southern

Bolton Town Hall

Maurice Kobelt

John Makin 1

John Makin 2

John Makin 3

Edith Thorpe

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

Dick West 3

Bolton Union Mill, Vernon Street, Bolton

Allan Lord

Bolton Wanderers FC

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Beverley Kay

Bombay, India

Barbara Smith

Bill Brown 1

Bill Brown 2

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Jack Morgan

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Bomber Command

George Davies

Frank Edwards

Boone, Mr - Manager of the Palais de Danse, Bolton

John Makin

Bootle, Lancashire

Edith Thorpe

Bordeaux, France

George Davies

Borneo

George Davies

Borough Garage, Manchester Road, Bolton

Edith Thorpe

RAF Boscombe Down, Wiltshire

Frank Edwards

Boston, Douglas - Aircraft

Bill Morris - main page

Bill Morris - RAF Flight Log pdf

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Harry Higson

Boston Stump, Lincolnshire

Frank Edwards

RCAF Boundary Bay, British Columbia, Canada

Ernest Marsden

Bowes Ltd, Clothing Shop, 56 Bridge Street, Bolton

Arthur Orrell

Boy Messenger

Image

Edith Kay née Hayston

John Makin 1

John Makin 2

Brackley Colliery

Harry Higson

Brackley Street, Farnworth

Ernie Holden

Bradford Park, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Bradford Road, Bolton

Lilian Mills

Bradford Street, Bolton

Beverley Kay 1

Beverley Kay 2

Beverley Kay 3

Bradley, Edna

Ann Coleman - Written account

Bradshaw & Harwood Home Guard

Image

Bradshawgate, Bolton

Image

Betty Jean Hall 1

Betty Jean Hall 2

John Makin

Arthur Orrell

Leila Parker

Dick West

Braithwaite, Herbert - School friend

Maurice Kobelt

Braithwaite, Joe - Royal Army Medical Corps

Image

Brandwood Street, Bolton

Harry Higson

Brandwood Street School, Bolton

Harry Higson

Edith Kay née Hayston 1

Edith Kay née Hayston 2

Edith Kay née Hayston 3

Bretherton, Nora - ATS

Image

Briars, Cyril - Manager, Brookfield Brick Works, Bolton

Frank Edwards

Brickles, Mr Harry - Headmaster of St Mark's School, Bolton

Audrey Cole

Brideson, Neville - Lock Keeper's Son, Brideson's Lock, Ringley

Vince Southern

Brideson's Lock , Ringley

Vince Southern

Bridge Street, Bolton

Allan Lord

John Makin

Leila Parker

Bridge Street Methodist Church, Bolton

Betty Jean Hall

Bridgeman Street, Bolton

Audrey Cole

Brighton Avenue, Bolton

Edith Williams

Bristol

Beverley Kay

British Resaurant, Howell Croft South, Bolton

John Makin

Leila Parker

Britannia, Bristol - Transport Aircraft

George Davies

Bromwich Street, Bolton

Frank Edwards 1

Frank Edwards 2

Bromley Cross

Edith Kay née Curtis

Brookfield, Bolton

Beverley Kay

Brooks, Len - 13th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

Ernie Holden

Brown, Bill - Royal Navy

Bill Brown - main page

Brownlow Fold School, Bolton

John Makin

Brydson's Croft, Bolton

John Makin

Bukit Payong, Malaya

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Bukit Timah POW Camp, Singapore

Eric Wallwork - War Diary

Burke, Kath

Kath Burke - Written account

Burma

Audrey Cole 1

Audrey Cole 2

Betty Jean Hall

Edith Kay née Curtis 1

Edith Kay née Curtis 2

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Jack Morgan 3

Dick West 1

Dick West 2

Moulmein

Ernest Marsden

RAF Pegu

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Prome

Jack Morgan

Ramree Island

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Rangoon

Ernest Marsden 1

Ernest Marsden 2

Bill Morgan

Jack Morgan 1

Jack Morgan 2

Tongup

Jack Morgan

Victoria Point, Chan River

Ernest Marsden

Burma-Siam Railway

Edith Kay née Hayston

The Burma Star

Bill Brown

Image

Burnden, Bolton

Lilian Mills

Burnthwaite, NFS HQ, Chorley New Road, Bolton

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Thorpe 3

Edith Thorpe 4

Edith Thorpe 5

Burton's Tailoring, Halliwell Road, Bolton

Leila Parker 1

Leila Parker 2

RAF Burtonwood, Lancashire (US 8th Army Air Force Base)

John Makin 1

John Makin 2

Bury, Lancashire

Arthur Orrell

Edith Thorpe 1

Edith Thorpe 2

Edith Williams

Bury New Road, Bolton

Beverley Kay

Bury Road, Bolton

Leila Parker

Bushell, Kevin - Foreman

Allan Lord

Butlin's Holiday Camps (Royal Navy Training)

Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland

Bill Brown

Skegness, Lincolnshire

Bill Brown

 

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