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I was a boy at school in 1934, aged about 6 or 7 attending Troy School Elementary based in Trelawney, Jamaica.

I remember that at certain times of day in Manchester there were a lot of planes (Bombers) flying and cruising over the valleys from the head of Hector River down to Trelawney.
When the planes flew over, the children would hide under the trees or tables if they were at school, as we were afraid of being bombed and we didn鈥檛 know who the enemy was.
We never had televisions to get the news or information on what鈥檚 going on in them days like you young people have now, we were living in the country.

I remember being at school, in them times we wasn鈥檛 allowed to leave or go outside just in case something happened, we were all frightened and it was like we were under curfew.
The Head teacher at school was Peter Parker and his wife was the deputy head and the uniform we wore was Khaki.

In the evenings I remember we weren鈥檛 allowed the lights on, neither me or my parents as it might draw attention. In the house there was my mother, father and six children who used to hide under the bed when the planes went over, I was the youngest.
We received most of our information from The Gleaner newspaper which I picked up on the way from school.
That鈥檚 all I recall of those times.

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