大象传媒

This story is taken from an interview with Rose Stone, and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions. The interviewer was David Reid, and the transcription was by Bruce Logan.
====

I remember, when they built the air-raid shelters the neighbours all said 鈥渨e鈥檒l not go into those鈥�. But my father and I stayed in the house, and then he says 鈥渕aybe we鈥檇 better go out鈥�. But when we got to the air-raid shelters they were all full! The neighbours had all gone in. and that was that.
And it was one time that the neighbours all got together was in the air-raid shelters. And this was in the middle of our street, the air-raid shelters were built. I lived in Manners street, off the Old Park Rd. and then my brother, he joined the army whenever he was 15 or 16, something like that. But that was the war yrs. We were, my 2 sisters were evacuated up the country. And I was the eldest, and I was starting work. I鈥檒l be 80 on my next birthday in May. During the war we worked in the factory. It was Brookfield factory off the Crumlin rd.

[worried about air-raids?]
Well, we did get 2 very bad air-raids. On a Tuesday, I think it was. On a Tuesday night. As I say, my father and I went down to get into the air-raid shelters, and they were full. We just stayed in the air raid shelter. And then the bombing started. And then parts of the road, the long road 鈥� the houses were beside another factory, that was on Linfield rd on Sandy Row, they were bombed as well. I remember that. On the whole, you were sort of waiting, it was nearly your turn. But as I say, my 2 younger sisters were evacuated up the country.

漏 Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.