- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Jean Sulliven (formaly Elliot)
- Location of story:听
- Barking, Essex
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A5545983
- Contributed on:听
- 06 September 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Edward Hallifax of Canterbury Christ Church University and has been added to the website on behalf of Jean Sulliven with her permission and they fully understand the site's terms and conditions.
It was about 1943 and I was about five years old. The air raid sirens sounded late at night and my mum rushed us all out of the house and into the air raid shelter at the end of the garden.
We were all trying to get back to sleep when suddenly we heard a loud explosion as a bomb landed two roads behind us. The sound was immense and I was very scared.
When we finally returned to the house a few hours later, the force of the blast had blown out all the windows in the house. When I got back into my bedroom I stood on some glass and cut myself rather badly. I couldn鈥檛 stop crying.
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