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One day my Mum went in to the shelter with my Dad, and my sister and her baby. I was working at the welding place at the time, and I wanted to go and see them as I wasn鈥檛 far. They said 鈥淥h, they won鈥檛 like you going鈥�, but I said 鈥淚鈥檓 going鈥� and I walked out, and as I went along I could hear 鈥榩ing鈥� ping鈥� all around me, of course it was shrapnel, but I didn鈥檛 realise it. My Mother said it鈥檚 a good job I didn鈥檛 know what it was because you鈥檇 have been frightened - if that goes through you it would kill you.鈥�

I said 鈥淚鈥檝e come to see you, there鈥檚 my sister sitting there all forlorn with a baby, there鈥檚 my Father sitting there, and you, and I鈥檝e come to check you鈥檙e ok; so as long as you鈥檙e all alright鈥︹�� then I returned to work.

Again they didn鈥檛 really mind 鈥� I mean they didn鈥檛 really want you to go because they want to know that you鈥檙e there, because if anything dropped there, then they鈥檇 need to account for you 鈥� so that鈥檚 fair really.

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Dorothy Cottis and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Dot's stories:

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• Red skies for miles
• I must have looked nuts!
• I had to collect my own flowers!
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• They went to work in slippers
• You had to have a laugh

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