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This story has been added by CSV volunteer Linda Clark on behalf of the author, Ken Olds. His story was given to the Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. The Trebah Garden Trust understand the site's conditions.

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I especially remember the outbreak of war because it was my fifth birthday, September 3rd 1939. It didn't make much difference at first because I still had a birthday party but after a short time, when ration books came in, sweets were very short. My uncle, Mr Harry used to keep the village stores in Carnyorth and we all used to take our ration books to him for our supplies. The school, opposite the village shop became completely full after the arrival of the evacuees. All the windows were protected with brown sticky paper and crosses so the glass wouldn't shatter so much if there was a bomb blast near us. I can remember being excited, frightened and nervous, wondering what was going to happen but life went on.
People were called up; my brother joined the navy and my sister in law, who was single at the time, was in the ATS. Others also went into the navy and a gentleman from Pendeen, who was a great friend of the family, was caught in Singapore and was a Japanese prisoner of war throughout the war.

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