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I was born on the day the war broke out.
I can remember getting my first banana after the war. I ate it with the skin on and didn’t like it.
I also had my first orange and it was a blood orange. I told my mum I couldn’t eat it because it had been shot.
We had a big brickbuilt shelter for our terrace We had 3 families share it. It always smelt damp.
I remember going to the shop for sweets and having to have them off the next months allowance. The shopkeeper said “ You’ll get me shot “

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