- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- B. Woodhams
- Location of story:听
- Birchington
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6029660
- Contributed on:听
- 05 October 2005
I was born in 1944 in Birchington during a bombing raid. Andrew Davis, the conductor was born at the same time a few miles away. We lived with my grandparents and my mum was a children's nurse working right up until I was born.
When the first doodlebug came over, my mother hid under the railway bridge with a neighbour's child and me until the all clear went. When the all clear sounded everybody was out on the street trying to find her because she hadn't turned up in the shelter.
She took it all in her stride; I don't think I would have been so calm!
This story was submitted to the People's War Site by Terry Cleaver and Helena Noifeld of 大象传媒 Radio Kent and has been added to the website on behalf of B.Woodham with her permission and she fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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