- Contributed by听
- Barnsley Archives and Local Studies
- People in story:听
- Mrs G Williams
- Location of story:听
- Royston, Yorkshire
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6560624
- Contributed on:听
- 31 October 2005
"This story was submitted to the People's War site by the Barnsley Archives and Local Studies Department on behalf of Mrs G Williams and has been added to the site with his/her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions."
Dad worked in the pit but got called up. He was stationed at Dover with the army but got called back.
The family next door had a massive shelter and everyone used to pile in there, we had some laughs.
Mum used to have food parcels come. We couldn鈥檛 have bananas unless you had a green book, my sister was born in 1944 so could get them. We never went hungry.
I was born in Summer Lane, Royston and still live in the village.
When I was at the church School we used to have practise sessions with our gas masks on.
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