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John Morris
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I was seven when I was travelling on the train to Windygates in Fife as I was evacuated to my Aunts. I was placed with my Aunty at the beginning of the war. On the way to Windygates there was a dog fight between the Spitzfires 502 Edinburgh squad and the Nazis. You could see the Nazis sighs on the planes, being seven I was very excited not scared. My mother wanted me to get on the floor but I wanted to watch what was going on.

My father had an accident and I was brought back to Glasgow at the height Clydebank blitz I couldn't get to an anderston shelter in time I can still hear the pellets and smell the scrapnel that was red hot.

Fairfield ship yard had to be evacuated because there was a land mine parachute caught in the crane. If that had gone of I wouldn't be here today.

When the war ended there was big street parties and bomb fires. I grew up quite quickly during the war. My mother sent a message up to my Aunts, on my way back to glasgow the sirens went off didn't know what to do. I decided to run back to my Aunts.

I was in a shelter well not a shelter as such and we would be there for hours sometimes. All the woman would come together and make tea and food. Everyone always asks if I was scared but I was seven I loved seeing the planes and didn't really understand what was happening.

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