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On occasions when the raids were on you could see the flashes from the bombs and the sounds of the bombing in Sheffield.

I think one bomb was dropped at Bolton-on-Dearne. I can鈥檛 remember the shelters being used at school.

When the raids were on we were at home and we used to go under a large mahogany table. Even though two shelters had been built for the six houses outside.

We always had to carry out gas masks.

I think mum used to buy off the black market or got extra coupons fro rations off people who sold theirs. Mum was a good provider; she was brought up in service. We never went short and she was a good cook and we always had tasty meals.

St Hilda鈥檚 Church, a fabricated building, used to provide meals for children. I used to go and help serve the young children and they were really good meals.

When the war finished I used to go to the Astoria at Goldthorpe and when I walked along Main Street it looked fabulous with all the flags and everyone out. I lived on a small crescent and we had done nothing much.

My husband joined the navy at 17. He joined because of family life. He went to New York and America. He wouldn鈥檛 talk about the war.

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