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This story is submitted by a volunteer on behalf of Radio Bristol Action Desk at City of Bristol College.

As a child we weren't worried, it was quite fun. But my main worry in the shelters were the spiders. I'm now terrified of spiders.
The spiders would get so far across the roof of the shelter and they would fall. My Grandfather would tell me "you must be mad Hitler is dropping bombs and all you are worried about are spiders"

For children it was exciting because we could collect shrapnel. At school we could put our head down for a bit if we were tired from being up all night.
I was at Portway school, lessons would be stopped to go out and cheer on soldiers on the Portway because they were on their way to Avonmouth to war. Between that and practising going to the shelters and going for the real thing we didn't have many lessons.

I joined the land army. I was stationed in Gloscester in a village called Coln st Aldwyn near Fareford. That's where I was when for VE day. We went into Cirencester. The celebrations were brilliant. Hundreds of troops were there mostly Americans and RAF as Cirencester was surrounded by military hospitals.

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