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This story was submitted to the Peoples War website by Karolina Kopiec from the 大象传媒 GMR Action Desk on behalf of Mrs Eileen and Mr Peter Morgan and has been added to the site with their permission.

Eileen Morgan was only five years old in 1939. She lived in Dundalk, county Lough in South Ireland. Eileen remembers the huge barrage balloons over Dundalk bay to protect South Ireland from enemy鈥檚 fighter planes. Another memory is of the horrible yellow butter from New Zealand as Irish butter wasn鈥檛 available.
Eggs were preserved in water glass. These were only used for baking as they were not very nice for eating on their own.
Peter Morgan was in Manchester and remembers the barrage balloons there. Bombers aimed mainly for Trafford Park where ammunitions were stored prior for shipping the troops that came into the Port of Manchester.
During 1942 Peter lived in Urmston in a small village. When there was a raid the family had to go down the cellar. One day bomb was dropped right outside his house. After that a special steel structure was erected inside the house on the ground floor. These were huge four beds with steel to protect the whole family at night or in a raid

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