- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- B. Woodhams
- Location of story:听
- Birchington
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6029480
- Contributed on:听
- 05 October 2005
I was born in 1944 in Birchington during a bombing raid. Andrew Davis, the conductor was born at the same time a few miles away. We lived with my grandparents and my mum was a children's nurse working right up until I was born.
I remember the blackout curtains. I think they were fixed on a rod. We probably had them for quite a while after the war because you just couldn't get things. I think we wore underwear made from parachutes! We had a doll's house made from a tea chest and I had a spinning top made from a British hand grenade which dad brought from...he wouldn't tell us where!
We just accepted this because we didn't have many toys; it was a bit hard to spin though!
This story was submitted to the People's War Site by Terry Cleaver and Helena Noifeld of 大象传媒 Radio Kent and has been added to the website on behalf of B.Woodham with her permission and she fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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