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15 October 2014
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My mother's war

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Brenda Simmons
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Nottingham
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Civilian
Article ID:听
A4374579
Contributed on:听
06 July 2005

My mother worked on the munitions at Basford in the old Barlock typewriters building and I can remember her going off to work at about seven in the morning and not getting back until teatime at about six o鈥檆lock. That was five days a week and on Saturday she鈥檇 do her washing then ironing on a Sunday, it was hard for her. I used to stay with my grandmother when my mother was working.

I can also remember when my dad used to come home on leave as I used to sleep with my mother in her bed and I鈥檇 wake up and smell Wills woodbine which is what my father smoked. That鈥檚 how I knew he was home. I can also remember walking home in the blackout and an ARP warden would knock on your window if there was a chink of light showing through.

I can also remember my aunt used to die her legs with tea water and I used to have to draw the line down the back with an eyebrow pencil and I was only about five or six years old at the time. I鈥檇 get in real trouble if I didn鈥檛 get it right!

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