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Longcar Central School Youth Club used to visit the Bevan Boys at Carlton to make friends and so they didn’t feel so alone. The camp was made out of corrugated tin huts I seem to remember.

I remember standing by the dyke at the bottom of May Terrace off Dodworth Road and American servicemen used to throw sweets out of the train windows as they passed.

I remember trying on the gas mask when they were issued, the smell was horrible and I was really quite scared of it.

We wouldn’t go to school at the beginning of the war until air raid shelters were built. We went to the nearest school eventually and I remember two classes from Agnes Road junior girls school were accommodated in Racecommon Road. Senior Girls School went to the boys school.

Keresforth Hall — The stables and the garages were used by, I think, the Home Guard. I remember my grandfather who was the head gardener there opened the door and showed me the wonderful drawings on the walls. I know now they were drawn by a friend of mine who was stationed there.

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