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I worked at Desford Aerodrome in munitions.
We were given a choice and I came out of the shoe trade to do that.
I loved it there.
I was a post woman — I sorted the mail and delivered it.
I was up at 5.30am.
It was just normal mail and there was plenty of it.
I lived with my mum and dad — my dad was in the forces — engineers.
In November 1940 I was married to Ernest.
It was a lovely day.
We collected coupons for a dress — it was white satin.
I had two bridesmaids — one was my sister Muriel.
Ernest was in the Royal Artillery. He went in the day after D-Day.
I didn't see him very often — perhaps 2 days every 6 months.
Our son was born in 1943 and our daughter in 1945.
We had an air raid shelter in our street and I would have to take my children in it.

We had an allowance to feed children on rations.
We had dried egg and dried milk.

I had letters from my husband regularly.

I remember the bombs on Saffron Road in the grounds of Lady Rollston.
The bomb didn't do too much damage itself but the lady who lived across the road had a heart attack.
There was a bomb on Cavendish Road — it bombed and gutted my sister-in-laws house.
She was at work at the time and they fetched her from work.

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