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During the war my father wanted to take me on a visit to see his father who lived in Epsom, Surrey. We had arranged to meet in London (Trafalgar Sq.) My mother was opposed to the visit as the air-raids were at their height & she was convinced we would both be killed. My father insisted and we duly set off by train. We met my gandfather, as arranged and a photo was taken of the three of us - surrounded by pigeons! On the way back to the station, an air-raid alert went off and we dived into the nearest building - which turned out to9 be a hotel, All the guests still there were hiding under a huge table in the lobby, so we joined them. the raid lasted about 20 mins. and the sole topic of conversation during that time was my promise NOT to tell my mother what had occurred! Now both parents are dead but my mother never found out that her prediction of a raid was correct.

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