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- OrangePip
- People in story:听
- Joyce Bentley (now Gilley)
- Location of story:听
- Rotherhithe (Bemondsey)
- Article ID:听
- A2176508
- Contributed on:听
- 05 January 2004
I still remember one night during the blitz when the air raid siren sounded and my Mum was rushing around telling my brother Ronnie and I to get some clothes on and get down to the underground shelter. We could hear the doodle bugs overhead and as children (I was about 7 years old and my brother Ronnie was about 9 years old) we had no fear. We didn't realize at the time the severity of the situation Anyway, Mum kept yelling at us to get our shoes and clothes on and get down to the underground shelter. Ronnie ket trying to tell Mum he couldn't get his Wellingtons on. She would not hear of it and yelled at him some more to put them on. Well poor Ronnie got one of the Wellingtons on but could only get his foot half way down the other one. We rushed down the stairs, we lived in Adams Gardens Estate, Rotherhithe, London, S.E.16 (a block of flats) and Ronnie hobbled and hobbled to the underground shelter and when we got there, Mum was very upset with Ronnie because he was not doing as he was told to put his "Wellies" on - and needless to say, when she found out the reason for this, she felt so bad at yelling at Ronnie because it turned out that his Wellington boots were full of CONKERS that he was saving. Oh, I still remember the look on Mum's face when she found out the reason. It was priceless!
Joyce Gilley (formerly Bentley)
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