- Contributed by听
- GatesheadLibraries
- People in story:听
- John Davies
- Location of story:听
- Birtley, Gateshead
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6127283
- Contributed on:听
- 13 October 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Birtley Library on behalf of John Davies, and has been added to the site with the author's permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
In 1943 I joined the Birtley Army Cadet Force at the age of 13. My job when the siren went, I had to attend the ARP station at Mitchell Street as a messenger. One night there was a raid. Shrapnel was flying all along Elizabeth Ave. The warden at Mitchell Street sent me to the ARP post at the Coach and Horses with a message. Curious to know, I read what I thought was vital to the raid. But all they wanted to know was if they had plenty fuel for their fire. When I got home and told my mother that was the end of my messenger job.
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