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My Father, who was in the Army, was wounded around the time of Dunkirk and when he recovered we went to live in North Wales. We could see the views of Liverpool being bombed. The fires were bright due to the blackout. We were not allowed on the sands as the beach was fenced off with coils of barbed wire. I can remember seeing oranges floating in the sea - presumably from a ship bound for Liverpool. We couldn't reach them.
My Father was posted to North Africa and subsequently taken prisoner in Libya. I was sent to the Lincoln High School for girls at 14 Minster Yard as a boarder.
When air raid warnings sounded during the day, the day girls went into the shelters at the school but the boarders had to run up Greestone Steps to the Boarding House. At night we had to go to the cellars with something warm. If one was ill the Sanitorium was at the top of the building. When I had measles I was quarantined and was not allowed to go to the cellar. I remember Lincoln being bombed and I was terrified on my own especially looking out and seeing the fires.
My Mother told me she was beside herself with worry especially with my Father a POW and my brother at Boarding School in Gloucestershire

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