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- culture_durham
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- Mrs Anne Harris
- Location of story:听
- Sunderand Tyne and Wear
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- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4009916
- Contributed on:听
- 05 May 2005
Air Raid Precautions Certificate 28.3.39
I was a primary school teacher and lived in Seaham Harbour with my father who was in the Home Guard.
I did fire watching during the war.I was given some training on what to do and then on set nights we had to go to a nearby school and be on guard all night long. If there was a raid you were told to throw yourself to the ground and use a fire extinguisher to put out the fire. Usually 3 people were on guard at one time.
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