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I think the fact that I still have most of my own teeth is due to the War.
At the age of five gradually the amount of sweet things disappeared. Sweets were reduced a 1/4 a week and chocolate was scarce.
I remember the bombing of Nottingham, if we looked out of the attic windows we could see the glow in the distance. My mother went to view the damage and came back very upset.
We had a communal shelter in the street but my mother wouldn't use it she headed down in the small pantry celler under the stairs. Idon't think we would have stood much chance if a bomb had fallen.
At the beginning of the War I was evacuated to West Bridgford and remembered being ill on the bus by the time I reached Trent Bridge. There were two of us and we shared a bed unfortunately the other girl wet the bed. My mother fetched me back after two weeks.
We kept rabbits to eke out the meat rations. We grew lots of fruit and vegetables on the allotment. It was still seasonal though. So we bottled what we could and put eggs in isinglass.
We didn't have any extras as we didn't know any sources, however, though the food was monotonous we survivied.

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