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Manna from Heaven

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Mr John Hilton and has been added to the site with his permission.
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I was about 15 years old. I used to cycle home to Clapham Common, when I heard the unmistakable sound of a doodlebug bomb. I was afraid and fell off my bike and lay low, thinking I could run to a shelter.

I didn’t make it to my shelter. The bomb had landed in an allotment and there were vegetables over the place. I filled my saddlebag with potatoes, carrots, whatever I could get hold of, all free. I took it home to my mother who was very pleased.

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