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I was nineteen when I married and by the beginning of World War Two had four school age children. My husband, Robert, was a farm labourer at Home Farm, Ketteringham.
The War:
Our life continued in some ways, in the same routine. I cleaned at the farm and Robert, as a farm labourer, was in a protected occupation and was not called up. He was in the Home Guard and went to practise manoeuvres once a week near Dereham.
Precautions during raids:
Robert was called out to emergencies very rarely, but on one occasion a bomb fell at the bottom of the garden of our double dweller in The Street. When there were raids at night the children dressed in case we had to leave the house quickly. Hazel, Ivan, Roy and June, sheltered under the table until the danger had passed.
Food during the War:
We were lucky as Robert brought home rich butter, eggs and chickens from the farm. Rabbits were healthy and rabbit stew and dumplings was often on the menu!

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