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I remember a rather funny incident when we had an incendiary bomb down one of our bedroom chimneys. It landed in my brother鈥檚 room and when he went in there he found it sizzling in the grate. With great presence of mind he grabbed a bucket of sand which we always kept on the landing and doused the thing. The house was empty and if he hadn鈥檛 happened to go in for something the bomb would probably have burnt the house down! I have the tailfin to this day, and I think my brother has the metal case, which Dad converted into a holder for a poker after the war. (I recalled this incident after talking to my sister)

This story was collected by Lis Edwards and was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Mrs Margaret James. The story has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Margeret's stories:

• 1) September 3rd 1939 鈥� A definitive date in history, was a golden autumn day鈥�
• 2) 鈥淭he invasion has started!鈥�
• 4) By then, Dad had perfected our air-raid shelter
• 5) It was shattered into a thousand pieces
• 6) Feathers fell like snow
• 7) The Wizard鈥檚 Den was one extraordinary exception
• 8) After the frantic years of the Blitz
• 9) Falling asleep in their food
• 10) It was bedlam!
• 11) Hardly Appropriate
• 12) Unsung Efforts

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