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We鈥檇 go to the pictures as it was only three pence to go, but we wouldn鈥檛 go at night time, we were too scared. They used to come over in the daytime sometimes. The sirens would go and wed all down tools and you鈥檇 run out of your house, whatever you were doing, and run to the shelter and stay there. Then the all clear would go and they鈥檇 say 鈥淵ou鈥檙e alright now.鈥� It even happened during the day that.
You only knew the bombs were going to drop when the siren went and then you鈥檇 come out of the shelter and you鈥檇 say 鈥淥h, I wonder if my house is still there?鈥� I could come out with a few women and when they looked up the street they鈥檇 say 鈥淥h, it鈥檚 my house that鈥檚 gone.鈥� Dead flat you know. But, I think where I lived it was the railway they were after 鈥榗ause it was taking goods up and down. I鈥檒l never forget that shelter, you know, in Durning Road, it was a lovely building and I think they mistook that for the railway.

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