Dear Listers I have been off list for some time, due to computer problems, and have re-subscribed today. Not that I have solved the problem, but my wife has gone to York for the day so I am using her P.C. I went to The Sheffield Local History Fair 2005 today and it was good to met Gordon Cambell our List Administrator once again. Since I was last on the list I have become a volunteer with the BBC - WWII - People's War Project and Gordon has kindly given me permission to post the following message: Please note before you read any further that people on the list who are not in the Radio Sheffield area can E-mail their WWII stories directly to me, and I will see that they are added to the web site, but please put WWII somewhere in the subject line. Where was your family during that time, and what were they doing? This year is the 60th Anniversary of the end of World War 2 so who will answer these questions in the future? 'The People's War Project' is looking for the personal stories of life during World War 2, on active service or on the home front. By telling your family's World War 2 story now, to one of our volunteer story-gatherers, you can help save them for future generations. There is an urgent need to get stories onto 'The People's War' website which is the archive depository of stories, experiences, memories and recollections from ordinary people that will capture and preserve for future generations the stories of those who lived through the war. We need not only the experiences on the battlefields but also on the home front, the stories of factory workers, Bevin boys, ARP Wardens, shopkeepers, homemakers, land army girls, children and evacuees these the memories of ordinary people throughout the conflict of ! 1939-1945. So if you have a story, photographs, medals, artefacts, documentation, records or memorabilia tell us about them, come and meet us on the 'BBC Bus' that will be visiting your Radio Sheffield area in the near future. The dates and locations of the 'BBC Bus' visit sites will appear in the local press and given out on Radio Sheffield so keep a lookout for us because we are looking forward to meeting you. Your stories will then be edited and put on to the People's war website. Your stories will then be edited and put on to the People's war website. The People's War Volunteer Project is facilitated by the CSV Action Desk BBC Radio Sheffield has had great success in recruiting a team of volunteer story-gathers who want to meet up with and hear from WW2 veterans and their families, friends or associates to make sure that their stories or those of their relatives are saved on a National BBC Archive of War Stories which will be preserved for generations to come. If you cannot meet us on the 'BBC Bus' but would like to contribute to the project or you'd like more information please contact: The People's War Volunteer Project at BBC Radio Sheffield 54, Shoreham Street in Sheffield S1 4RS, telephone The People's Warline on 0845 300 4475 (Local Rate Call) or log on to The People's War website ( www.bbc.co.uk/ww2). There are two easy ways in which you can get your story to us either write it yourself on a simple story sheet which we can send you with a Stamped addressed envelope for returning it to us, or you can type it directly onto the BBC internet site given above. We can arrange for a volunteer story gatherer to interview people at home, in the BBC Radio Sheffield Open Centre or in the associate library. BBC Bus dates for your diary: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - Kwik Save, Killamarsh Wednesday, May 18, 2005 - Beighton Community Centre, The Limes Thank you for reading this message and for any story that you may send. Best Regards Roger Marsh Sheffield, England Researching: MARSH - Sheffield, Yorkshire HANSON - Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire BRADSHAW - Sheffield, Yorkshire GRATTON- Marton, Staffordshire - Stone, Staffordshire - Ashton-under-Line, Lancashire - Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire - Dronfield, Derbyshire - Barnsley, Yorkshire - Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire WRIGHT - Sheffield, Yorkshire HOLLIS - Nether Hallam, Sheffield, Yorkshire WHITWORTH - Dronfield, Derbyshire - Whittington, Derbyshire - Heath, Derbyshire - North Wingfield HANCOCK WHITINGTON SHELDON - Hanley, Staffordshire WATMOUGH - Tuxford, Nottinghamshire - Darlton Field, Nottinghamshire WILSON - Dronfield, Derbyshire BROWN - Darlton, Nottinghamshire MOSLEY - Whittington, Derbyshire BROOKS - Rotherham, Yorkshire WILKES - Rotherham, Yorkshire HIRST - Rotherham, Yorkshire SCHOLES - Rotherham, Yorkshire