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I made a lot of friends, and enjoyed my time at the Munitions factory in Kidderminster. Only once did we have to go down to the air raid shelter: it was in the adjoining part of the factory. They weren’t aiming for us either - we only had to go down there because he was getting rid of what he hadn’t used to bomb Birmingham.

The nearest to Kidderminster that the bombs got dropped was at a big pool, and he was getting rid of his load — (same as that which dropped at the factory). They’re still in the bottom of the pool too!

I never saw any bombs, but there was a lot of damage. I always say that when they knocked the Bull Ring down a few years back, to make way for the new Bull Ring development that they made more damage than what ever the bombs did.

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Edith Morgan and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

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