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Amelia Isobal Scott

I was in Largs in 1939 when the war was declared. My mum and dad were As a child I remember being taken down to the Anderson shelter in the back garden. There was one or two families with us in the shelter, the smell was horrible they were damp and covered with earth.

When I was six I remember looking for bunting to put up across the street after the war. We had a party all the nieghbours gathered to gether to celebrate VE Day.

I remember my tasting my first bannana and wondering what it was. It had been brought back from abroad by my friends dad who had been serving during the war.

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