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Up to 1941 our little Cornish village of Polruan had two schools, the girls school, which is now the main school in the village, and the boys school, situated where the present car park is. Then, in 1941, a German plane dived out of the clouds and released three bombs. One gave the boys school a direct hit. Thankfully all the boys had left the school and the cleaners had gone otherwise there would have been horrendous results, but there were no dreadful fatalities or injuries. The desks, other furniture and the windows were all badly damaged with pieces of glass, plaster, shrapnel etc. everywhere. It is amazing what remains whole in such circumstances. The school clock was alright and still working, and a little wireless set still in good order. We were told the plane suffered from the fine shooting from A.A guns and machine guns, and that the pilot jettisoned his remaining bombs on fields. It was said that stones, pieces of shrapnel and even machine gun bullets fell on roofs on houses near the school. Most of the houses occupants felt the blast, I was living on Polruan Quay at the time and had my baby daughter in the play pen and I rushed to pick her up as I was afraid our windows would be blown in, but they withstood the blast.

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