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This story was submitted to the People,s War site on behalf of Lillian Elgar by Wendy Young and has been added to the site with her permission. She fully understands the site,s terms and conditions I was born in 1934, so I was nearly five when war started. My brother and two sisters and I were evacuated to Wales, but when our father died we returned to Folkestone.
I started going to school at St Peters which was mostly for fishermens children, but during the war the children that didn't go to Wales went there. There were twenty pupils and two teachers.
To get to the school we had to go through a barbed wire barrier by tiam road to get to the Duilocks where the school was.
We spent most of our time in the concrete shelter which was situated at the back of the school. The only light was from candles which were in holders.
The teachers would read stories to us and then give us questions. We did needle work, writing, jig saw puzzles, and had lots of play. I still remember the German planes that machine gunned people, seeing boats on fire in the harbour after a raid, the unexploded shells, and the doodlebugs which sometimes turned round and fell into the sea.
On the happier side, I remember the parties which were organised by the americans for the children. That was the first time i'd eaten angel cake.

Story submitted by Wendy Young

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