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I was six when the war broke out -- our family home was in Hurstpierpoint in West Sussex. But this story is about what happened to my sister Christine, who was four and a half years older than me.

She was a Land Girl, helping out in the fields -- so many men had gone to fight that all help was needed. I remember that she had been hoeing an onion patch. The next day, she came home to tell us that an incendiary bomb had landed on the patch itself, causing a terrible fire that destroyed it altogether.

She was very cross about it -- frightened, even, to think what might have happened if she had been there. I have to admit, though, that I found the whole thing rather funny! Compared to what was happening elsewhere, though, we got off lightly.

THIS STORY WAS ENTERED BY JOHN YOUNG OF 大象传媒 SOUTH EAST TODAY, ON BEHALF OF JO LEWRY. SHE UNDERSTANDS THE SITE'S TERMS AND CONDITIONS.

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