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This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War website by Jessica and Scarlett, pupils from Teversham Primary School on behalf of Margaret Merry and has been added to the site with her permission. She fully understands the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.

I was 17 when the war started. I was fire watching at night in the centre of town. A bomb dropped on Jesus Lane near where I was. We had to go and see. There was so much broken glass they didn鈥檛 let us go very far. There are still chips where shrapnel hit the college. I was very scared.
I remember that the magnetic strips for ships were made by the Cambridge Instrument Company.
For rations, we were allowed 2 ounces of butter, 40 of sugar and 1 sixpence of rationed clothes.
Mum told me the war was starting. We were all happy when the war ended. I had a best friend called Ruby who went to India and she was killed.
There were lots of dances. I had a Persian cat called Booboo. My dad worked on the railway. My next door neighbour had a bomb shelter. I was sent to my work. I was very pleased when the war ended. I worked in a big factory. I heard on the radio that war had ended.

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