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When I was living at home during the war, our house was opposite an army camp - about 200 yards away. When the air raids were starting, the air raid siren used to go off. However, before it was set off, I realised there was a loud whistle blown at the army camp, to alert the soilders, who were obviously warned before the siren was issued. After I realised what this whistle meant, I would listen out for it, knowing that an air raid was about o begin. Of course, my family were not always so eager to escape to the air raid shelter, and would wait until the air raid siren sounded. I was always a light sleeper, and I would hear the whistle during the night, too. If that happened, I would jump out of bed to tell everyone. One of my brothers, George, aolways climbed straight back into bed until the alarm sounded, completely ignoring me!

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