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This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Francesca and Joanna from Bodsham Primary School and has been added to the website on behalf of Jean Bowes with her permission and they fully understand the site鈥檚 terms and conditions.

The day the ceiling fell down

Jean Bowes was only one year old when the war started so she did not remember anything then; the age that Jean remembers is six years old.

The memory Jean has is when she was six. She remembers being at school which was Bodsham Primary, one time at 12 o鈥檆lock which was lunchtime Jean and her friends were in the canteen at the Vicarage collecting their lunch.
They sat down at the wooden tables to eat their lunch.
Suddenly a fortress came down above Court lodge, Hastingleigh, the vibrations brought the ceiling down, A huge bang came from the ceiling, just as they were about to eat their rice pudding.
We were all sent home after this, in those days we all walked to school so we had to walk home again.

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