大象传媒

Explore the 大象传媒
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

15 October 2014
WW2 - People's War

大象传媒 Homepage
大象传媒 History
WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site

Contact Us

Red hot shrapnel

by cambsaction

Contributed by听
cambsaction
People in story:听
Audrey Kemp
Location of story:听
Newport, Essex
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A4269521
Contributed on:听
25 June 2005

Collected at the Help the Aged coffee room in Cambridge, by Philippa Geering.

In Newport, one of the first bombs fell in one of the fields on our farm. My brother and I didn't know what bombs were, I was only fourteen - we thought it was exciting. So after it fell we were about to pick up a piece of the red-hot shrapnel when my father shouted at us to stop. I was so popular at work the next day.

Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.

Archive List

This story has been placed in the following categories.

Air Raids and Other Bombing Category
icon for Story with photoStory with photo

Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the 大象传媒. The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. For any other comments, please Contact Us.



About the 大象传媒 | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy