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I remember when the sirens went--we had to go into the air raid shelter. We lived in a pub--we already had a cellar. At school if the sirens went, with living nearby, we could go home and didn't have to go to the school's shelter. I was born in 1936, so I was a child during the war.

We had the bunk beds put in the cellar for the shelter.
We weren't badly bombed. We were between Manchester and Liverpool, which were badly hit. You could see the flames. Liverpool was flattened. Before the war it was vibrant after the war it was sad.

Rations-- I remember rations. We only had 2 ounces of meat a week, no eggs, no fruit--did have some veg--mostly potatoes. They wantedus to grow our own, my auntie lived on a farm, so we weren't short of food. Another Uncle worked int he pits, they got extra rations, so they shared.

We had evacuees in the school I went to, but not at our house.

I remember the end of the War, everyone was dancing in the street. The lights went back on--they were dark in the war you didn't want to be targetted, so they went back on.

Even the car headlights were dimmed during the war so you weren't a target.

I Had to go to school with your gas mask, but I never needed to use it.

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