- Contributed by听
- nottinghamcsv
- People in story:听
- Joyce Plackett and Thomas Frederick Plackett
- Location of story:听
- Birmingham and Beeston, Nottingham.
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4580318
- Contributed on:听
- 28 July 2005
"This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/大象传媒 Radio Nottingham on behalf of Joyce Plackett with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions."
In Birmingham we had a mattress in our front room for protection. The planes flew over our house to bomb Coventry. The walls of our house used to bow in when Birmingham was bombed. Afterwards we saw Molotov cocktails hanging in the trees and some landmines.
In Beeston you could see the fires burning in Birmingham. I used to travel to Birmingham every week-end. There were bombs dropped on Woolaton Road in Beeston, trying to get Chilwell Barracks.
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