- Contributed by听
- CSV Action Desk Leicester
- People in story:听
- Sylvia Colkin
- Location of story:听
- Stockingford, Warackshire
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4457045
- Contributed on:听
- 14 July 2005
I was at school when war broke out, aged about 10 or 11 years old.
I remember when they brought the air raid shelter round and my father said it was a waste of time digging it under the ground, so it stayed above the ground.
We did use it.
My dad didn't though - he stood in the doorway of our house.
When they bombed Coventry a piece of shrapnal cam ethrough the guttering and just missed him.
'This story was submitted to the People's War Website by Lisa Reeves of CSV Action Desk Leicester on behalf of Sylvia Colkin and has been added with her permission. The author fully understands the sites terms and conditions.'
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