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This story was submitted to the People's War site by Janette Hill of Age Concern Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin on behalf of Edna Allison, and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

My husband-to-be arrived home on leave and was throwing stones at the window to rouse us - when he broke one!

Grandfather wouldn't move for raids with the rest of us. One time we came back from the shelter to find him apparently headless - a blackout screen in a frame had fallen onto his shoulders, covering his head!

My aunt and uncle had a pub in Hockley and were evacuated unexpectedly after bombing when a nearby land mine didn't go off. they had to leave all the money in the tills, and a glass of tea on a tray. It was covered in dust and dirt when they were allowed back two days later

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