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On the night of 6th May 1941 our blitz took place. I stayed at 13 Belville Street in the east end of Greenock and I was 14 at the time.

When the sirens went off around 9pm we went up to the shelter on Whinhill and the bombers came over. We had to come out of the shelter at one point. The distillery was bombed and whisky was running down Bakers Brae on fire! It was a sea of flames.

One of the German planes was hit and someone was parachuted out. People say that the anti-aircraft guns fired on him, but I can't remember that far back.

The experience was exciting. The whole town was in flames and I'll never forget it. My grandmother's house was burned out. Luckily, our house wasn't.

We had neighbours who were bombed out on the Monday night, they were dug out of their cellar on the Tuesday night, they went to another shelter instead and they were all wiped out.

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