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- StokeCSVActionDesk
- People in story:听
- Doris Cope Nee Baylay
- Location of story:听
- Stoke On Trent
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4227031
- Contributed on:听
- 20 June 2005
This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Mike Millington of CSV on behalf of Doris Cope and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
The one thing I remember about the war was the blackouts. It was so dark, you really can鈥檛 appreciate today just how black it was.
I remember when I was 9, I was walking back from my aunt Annie鈥檚 with some friends and it was so dark that I walked into a wall and banged my head.
When I got home a lump like an egg had come up on my head and I remember my mum spreading margarine on it with a knife to take down the swelling
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