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- Severn Valley Railway
- People in story:听
- Arthur Lynch (senior & junior) Mabel Lynch
- Location of story:听
- Birmingham
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4105810
- Contributed on:听
- 23 May 2005
After the phoney war I was put to bed each night in an Anderson shelter at 6pm 鈥 my mother stayed there with me until the 鈥淎ll Clear鈥 next morning - (Dad was at Dunkirk)
During the raids we heard the whistle of bombs falling followed by the noise of bricks falling. From the shelter door we could see the reflection of flames in the windows of our own house.
One day while shopping we saw a German plane flying low over ICI Witton where Eley Kynoch ammunition was made- presumably a reconnaissance plane.
(This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Wyre Forest Volunteer Bureau on behalf of Arthur Lynch and has been added to this site with his permission. Mr Lynch fully understand the site's terms and conditions.)
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