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Incendiary bombs became an important part of our lives during the war. One came through our scullery roof and as my sister threw water on it, it exploded in front of her and her legs were badly cut. She was taken to hospital and was very upset at having to walk through people lying on the floor who had been dug out of the rubble and were groaning with pain.

On a lighter note, we used to save water in a tub outside in case of fire bombs. A bomb landed in the garden one night and when somone went to grab a bucket of water from the tub, a lady said "Don't use that water. It's dirty!"

I used to travel on the underground to work, from Aldgate East to Leicester Square. On the corner opposite the old Aldgate East station was a tailor's shop. One morning when I got to Aldgate, the tailor's was nothing but a mound of rubble. A policeman was directing pedestrians. I was horrified to see 2 legs sticking out of the rubble. Of course it was a tailor's dummy. Lots of jokes have been made about things like this, but this really happened.

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