大象传媒

Child during Bombing Raids in South Devon aged 2 years
I grew up in Dawlish in South Devon. My Father was serving with the army in India. My mother, my brother and I were living with our Grandparents. The German bombing planes came over our house on their way to bombing the shipyards in Plymouth. The town air raid shelters were too far from our home, so when we heard the sirens we quickly went under the stairs. My Grandfather kept a stone jar of homemade ginger beer under the stairs so we were encouraged by this special treat.
We stayed under the stairs until we heard the second siren to signal the all clear. When this didn鈥檛 occur we heard the drone of the bombers on their return journey, as they sometimes dropped unused bombs before re-crossing the channel back to base.

I also remember visiting the railway station at Exeter to welcome my father home. One of his mates, in army uniform gave me an apple. A silly thing really, but it always stuck in my memory.

漏 Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.