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My Grandma Alice Bowering was not afraid of Hitler! Grandma lived in Upton Park in London during World War II and my parents were worried that she might not be safe from the bombs. They persuaded her to come and stay with them for a while in Romford where they thought she would be a bit safer, because dad had built an air raid shelter at the end of the garden. (This all happened before I was born, but I have heard the story many times.)

One afternoon the air-raid sirens went off when the family was out in the back garden. The three of them were sitting in deck chairs, drinking cups of tea, and enjoying the sunshine. Apparently mum and dad started to head for the shelter right away. Not so Grandma, she refused to be put out, refused to stop enjoying her pleasant afternoon, and refused to be intimidated by the person that she referred to 鈥渢hat so and so Hitler鈥�. As the German planes flew over during that daylight raid, there was my Grandma seated in her deck chair, cup of tea in one hand, shaking her fist with the other and cursing Adolph right left and centre! She stayed that way until the All clear sounded!

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