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It was the period in between my first evacuation period to Tiverton,and my second to Wolverhampton.
I was visiting my grandmother Mrs Lawrence who lived at 213 Cricklewood Broadway,London- above a barbers shop.

Gran,Uncle Bill,Uncle Arthur and epileptic Aunt Nell,were all engaged in redecorating Gran's kitchen.

Uncle Arthur was a bricklayer and had repaired a substantial area of unsound plaster prior to redecorating .They were just in the process of hanging wallpaper,when we heard the sound of an aircraft engine.

"That's a doodlebug Bill",said Gran to Uncle Bill. "No it's not Ange" (Angel)"it's a Spitfire".

Uncle Bill pushed up the sash window,and put his head out to look,just as the engine sound stopped! There was a short period of silence followed my a mighty explosion.

The glass fell out of the window, covering Uncle Bill with shards of glass but causing him no injury,and the remaining old plaster fell off the walls in a cloud of dust.

I was later told that the V1 had hit the Smiths factory,but I am not sure whether that was the Smith's Crisp or Smith's Clock
factory.

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