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These are extracts from letters written in late October 1940 from my father to the rest of the family, evacuated to Somerset. 'The programme each evening now is to get home as early as possible, have a meal and set off in the car, get a few miles out in the country and watch the raids from there. Hundreds of people seem to be doing the same both in cars and on foot, as the strain is getting too much for them...So many problems to solve - life is a bit of a burden just now. We have no gas at home and the laundry we sent last week was lost in the raid and there is no chance of compensation I fear.'
'We had the usual warnings last night and we packed into a car with rugs and cushions and went to a lane the other side of Kenilworth where we rested peacefully and saw poor old Birmingham getting it. They've had it pretty badly these last few nights I'm told, but there are so many rumours about these days that it's hardly safe to repeat anything.'

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