- Contributed by听
- Warwickshire Libraries Heritage and Trading Standards
- People in story:听
- Anne Wallis, Barnes Wallis
- Location of story:听
- Effingham
- Article ID:听
- A3894555
- Contributed on:听
- 14 April 2005
During the war my parents were living with great-uncle Barnes Wallis at Effingham. One morning the radio announced the breach of dams in Germany (of which my parents knew nothing). "Oh! That's Barnes's bombs" exclaimed great aunt Molly. A few weeks later I was born. My mother claims this was the result of eating lobster the night before brought back by Uncle Barnes from Reculver where the RAF testing grounds were.
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