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My husband was a sheet metal worker, a reserved occupation, so he didn't get called up. He did volunteer but was refused. One night we were sitting in the car. A huge thunderstorm started and all the barrage balloons across the city came undone. On another night we were in the cinema in Chaddesden, Derby and a bomb dropped on Chaddesden Park. It made a very loud noise and everyone ran for the door.

We had to choose between having a wall built outside the front door for protection, and a large metal table. We chose the table and slept under it every night - me, my husband and our two children.

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