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Anonymous.
Location: Hinckley.

I was evacuated from Coventry, where the bombing was really bad, and sent to Hinckley to stay with my grandparents in Teign Bank Road, off Factory Road. I liked being with them. My cousins and second cousins were also there. I went to Albert Road School and didn’t have any trouble getting to know the children there. I remember being confused at school when I was asked for my correct address. It seemed a short time. I liked looking out of the window at the ‘pretties’ ie the coloured lights when the bombs dropped. My grandfather had to take his belt off and hold it up — though he never touched me — to show how important it was for me to come away from the window. We used to go in the pantry when an air raid was on. I had a navy all-in-one siren suit to wear at night, which was warm, and had to wear a liberty bodice.
ITMA used to be on the radio at 8pm on Mondays. We drank cocoa and ate cheese sandwiches in the evenings. I used to eat them under the table, in the hope of being forgotten and not sent to bed. I used to have a penny on a Saturday to buy sweets with.
I remember the Anderson Shelter in Coventry, with a floating platform.

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