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This story was submitted to the Peoples War site by Anne Wareing on behalf of Kathleen Platt and has been added to the site with her permission…

Kathleen lives in a country area during the war. Kelbrook near Skipton. She says when war was declared no one knew what to expect and all in all it proved to be very quiet.
She recalls the first time the siren went, the old lady across the street hanging out of the window and asking what was going on?

Also the fire- watchers were given stirrup pumps and buckets, which in the case of a large blaze would probably have proved to be rather ineffective

She herself worked in a mill and as weaving was an exempt occupation she didn’t have to go and work in munitions like lots of girls.

She remembers that food was scarce and her mother was diabetic which was a problem.

Mostly they made their own entertainment going round to each others houses, but sometimes they would go into Barnoldswick to dances.

She also remembers there being evacuees in the area, although they never had any in their house.

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