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9 THE BLACK-OUT
To get to my paternal grandparents鈥� house we had to travel by bus and when we would return home at night after 鈥渢ea鈥�, the bus would be lit up inside but the windows were all covered with black blinds. This was because of the 鈥渂lack out鈥�. How the driver knew when to stop to let his passengers off is a mystery to me, but I suppose there was some kind of occasional street lighting. During those war years every house had to be 鈥渂lacked out鈥� and my father used to make my brother and me play a game, 鈥済oing to bed in the dark鈥�, in which we had to go upstairs to our rooms without any light on at all. It was a bit scary if my brother went first and grasped my arm, shouting 鈥淏oo鈥� at me as I passed the bathroom it was one of my father鈥檚 duties as an air raid warden to ensure that not the merest chink of light escaped through anybody鈥檚 window.

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