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Welcome to our report about World War Two. We have interviewed a lady called Joan Roberts and she told us about transport and what happened.

When Joan's husband left she felt very sad and lonely. Letters came through the door from her husband but he was not allowed to tell where he was. Aircraft bombed Poland and that's when Britain came to help. Joan was given 33 shillings and 6 pence a week, that is 拢1.68 in decimal currency. Thirteen cakes were a shilling and newspapers were a penny and they only got one jar of jam a month.

When the men left for the war the ladies they were very unhappy. They had children to look after and in the black-out people needed to carry little blue lights so that they could see people on trams and buses.

Joan Roberts was 20 when war was declared and 26 when it ended. Joan got married when she was 27. She was born in 1919,and has a daughter called Shirley who is 50 years old now. When she married Joan was not allowed to teach, although after the war there was a shortage of teachers.

Joan's husband died of a heart-attack.He was a heavy smoker and died on Monday the 10th of June 1968. He was only 52. Joan had a sheepdog for 16 years and had seen the queen a few times. Joan also had a budgie.

Back in them days Joan thought black-outs lasted forever. Joan was in Portsmouth in part of the war. You could hear buzz bombs buzzing. When you didn't hear the buzz bombs it meant the bombs were going to drop.

Luckly none of Joan's family died or got injured, but some of her friends died. Joan said "Everyone in hospital was sitting up on the bed, but they were all dead from the bombs that dropped." One of Joan's friend's houses by the station got bombed.

Joan still lives in the same street now!

Thank you Joan Roberts.

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