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During the war I lived with my parents in a big house in Tansor, Northamptonshire. My grandad was a baker. I remember clearly during the war years, my dad putting shutters up at the windows during the blackout. The only lighting we had were Kelly lamps and candles.

When the fire sirens were sounded I had to be got up and taken to the cellar.

My dad was an ARP warden. He had to go to the railway bridge to shelter when the enemy planes were going over, before continuing his duties.

I also remember we had to go to a shop or house for food rations. I can see the six jam tarts in a cardboard box now.

We had some Polish prisoners of war who lived in a wooden house in a farmyard behind our house. Four men lived in the house and each man worked for a different farmer. It must have been very difficult for them as they all worked and came in at different times and they did their own cooking and cleaning etc.

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