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I was nine years old then the war started 鈥� I was nine at the end of the month.
My father worked at the colliery and they went into business so I left school at 13 years old.
My mother got me and my sister a small case each to carry with us at all times 鈥� it had a torch, biscuits and a pair of navy knickers with a pocket in it! So when I went to school I had to take my case and my gas mask.
My sister was older than me.
I can remember the night Coventry was bombed.
We stood on our doorstep, everywhere was ablaze.
When they were coming back from Coventry they must have had some bombs left as they dropped two 鈥� but neither exploded.
We were very lucky as it wasn鈥檛 far from us.
School didn鈥檛 change a lot during the war. We had to go on nature walks.
The shop that my mum and dad kept had a cellar so everyone in the street used to come into that.
It was very cold in the cellar.
When they were dropping the bombs at Coventry I remember my dad saying 鈥淗ow can you leave them in the street when we have a cellar.鈥�
We didn鈥檛 do too badly because we kept the off license and shop.
We had a whip and top and skipped.
When the war ended we had a party.
We鈥檇 moved to the new business by then and we put on a party in our yard for the children.

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