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Mrs Marcia Howick was only 11 when the war started. She lived in Deal, a seaside town, close to Dover. She remembers being able to see France from the beach.

For the first two years of the war she went to South Wales. In 1941 she was bombed three times; sadly Mrs Howick lost her father, mother and sister. See can remember seeing the doodlebugs coming over the channel. Everyone had to lay down whenever they saw the doodlebugs coming. She lived with her Auntie after her mother and father died. She can remember when the planes came over the channel, they would be sent down into the cellar to hide under the table.

Daphne Chapman (sitting nearby, listening to the interview) comments on how they didn鈥檛 moan, during the war, they always tried to keep happy.

The VE Day celebrations were great, tea and cakes were laid out on tables in the street. Everyone had their flags out. The mothers and fathers did the most they could to make the children happy.

She remembers the rationing before and after the war. They were issued with a ration book, sweet coupons and dockets. Although with a sweet coupon and a penny you would still only get 2 sweets. They also could not get hold of stockings, instead they would draw a pencil line down the back of their legs.

After the war she got married and had two children.

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