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I had very young children at the time. A daughter born in 1935 and a son in 1938. We lived in Bourne Ave and then we moved to Greyhound Hill and then Rayleigh Close to a five bedroomed house. We lived opposite a big field which was constantly bombed because there were army personnel stationed there. In one of the houses what was remarkable was the amount of food that was stored there. It had all been built up before the war started.

When we moved to No 5 Rayleigh Close the children caught mumps and chickenpox and every other childhood illness. My children were evacuated to Sheffield until that was bombed two nights in succession.

There was no food due to rationing and my husband being a lawyer would not buy off the black market. In 1940 the Chief Rabbi came to stay with us and he needed to be fed. We wondered how we would feed him. Well all the community came together and helped to provide food for him.

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