- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- John Young
- Location of story:听
- Bodsham, Near Ashford in Kent
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4389339
- Contributed on:听
- 07 July 2005
This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Gill Papi from Bodsham Primary School and has been added to the website on behalf of John Young with his permission and they fully understand the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.
LIVING IN THE COUNTRY
I was 13 years old when the war began and lived in the village of Bodsham. I had to ride my bike every day to Ashford to the grammar school, we only went to school for mornings during the war. One day when riding home from school a plane crashed in a field nearby and I fell off my bike into a ditch. The pub in Hastingleigh, The Bowl Inn had a bomb come through the roof, luckily it did not explode and no one was hurt. On another occasion a bomb was dropped in the village and a haystack was set alight. On V.E day there was a big party at the pub and all the women danced on the tables.
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