- Contributed by听
- 大象传媒 bus in Lincolnshire
- People in story:听
- Betty Tutty
- Location of story:听
- Old Leake and Wrangle
- Article ID:听
- A1980731
- Contributed on:听
- 06 November 2003
I can remember Chamberlain's broadcast on the declaration of War.I was 13 at the time.
My father worked on a farm and he joined the Home Guard. We didhave a soldier as a lodger and during harvest time the soldiers helped with the harvest. My father tried to build 2 shelters. The first one collapsed and we used a table as a shelter in the end.
In 1940 I recall a plane firing at the railway at Old Leake - there was a goods train going by at the time.
A vivid memory is of the planes and gliders going over for the Arnhem campaign.
My final wartime memory is of VJ Day.
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