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This story was submitted to the people鈥檚 War site by Holly Fuller of Leicestershire Library Services on behalf of Audrey Roberts and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.I was only very young during the war and don鈥檛 have many memories of my own. I have been told stories that have helped me piece together the few things I can remember. I can never remember being frightened during the war years, even when the sirens started and we had to go in the air raid shelter. I lived in Leicester and used to have to go to the air raid shelter, which was situated where Premier Screw used to be. We didn鈥檛 have a shelter in our garden although my Grandparents did in theirs. My Grandma took in an evacuee called Phyllis, which I remember.

One of me most vivid memories was when my uncle cane back from fighting. He was injured, having been shot in the ankle. I can see him now coming home in a different coloured uniform to the other soldiers, so you could tell he was wounded. My father was in bomb disposal, he gave me his Coalville Peace medal and I still have it. One of my best memories, was, of course, when victory was declared and we had massive street parties and bonfires to celebrate

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