- Contributed by听
- Isle_Of_Man
- People in story:听
- Ken Salmon
- Location of story:听
- Islington, London
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4764738
- Contributed on:听
- 04 August 2005
A story that will live with me for life, I was about 6 years of age and with my parents we walked about 2 miles to my grandparents house in Holoway, Islington, London.
It was the usual family gathering over Christmas and all the members of the family were gathered around the piano which one of my Uncles was playing. No TV in those days and all of a sudden there was a trememdous bang - the lights went out, the windows were blown out. The old Victorian House shook when all the family had recovered we went outside and found our house was about the only one standing. My parents and I had walked past rows of houses on our way to my grandparents and now all that was here was dust and bricks.
What started out to be a Happy Christmas family reunion ended in us all thinking we were all lucky to be alive when most of hte neighbours all around us were not.
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