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Message 1 - war baby 9/40

Posted on: 10 July 2005 by paclkey

Whilst I cannot remember what was happening at the time of my arrival, my parents told me that I was born at home in Oldfield Brow Altrincham, my dad had built an anderson shelter deep in the front garden with a row of brick steps going down into it, he had also acquired a billiard table which was put under the window in the living room so that if the sirens went my mum could get under it with me and therefore if the house was hit by a bomb they could get out through the window, it was a vunerable area as just adjacent to where we lived there was a munition pscksging area and RAF camp, where the munitions were loaded on the trains and sent to many destinations (though the area wasn't on any maps) I remember as at the age of about two my dad going off to his work at the camp...as I got a little older 5 years I think I was, we heard that the war was over and dressed the house up with bunting and we went to a street party on the corner of Stamford Avenue we had lots to eat though where they got the food from must have been a miracle, but all the kids had a good time, then I was taken to see the Americans going back in convoy from I can only suppose Burtonwood along the A56 to Manchester Docks one Sunday morning there were lorry after lorry with what seemed no end..I cannot remember if we stayed right to the end but as I was with my two elder sisters we probably did wait 'til the last one had gone...it was sad because they always brought me chewing gum and pepermint sticks and biscuits when they called at the house to take my sisters out.....we were never hit with a bomb but a landmine landed close by somewhere in the Broadheath area of Altrincham.