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When the war broke out I was 12 years old.
We lived on Bedford bank in Shelton. I remember a pub was hit by a bomb located just off sun Street and 13 people lost their lives.
My mother was adament that the bombs would not reach us - hence the title for this story ! She refused to have an Anderson Shelter in our back Garden.
We would go to the "Duke of Bridgewater" and used their cellar as an air-raid shelter.
I remember once the sirens went off and we headed for the shelter - we heard an aircraft overhead and 3 incediary bombs were dropped - which preceded to roll down Bedford Bank!
The next morning we walked to school along the canal - one young lad had an incediary bomb in his hands sayiing "look what I've got!" As young boys we all used to collect shrapnell.
I remember the street parties when the war ended and I recall the tunnel under Clough Street was used as an air-raid shelter - it was later used for storage when the war was over.

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