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I was in London and was 9 years old when the war broke out. One thing I remember was when we’d come out of the Anderson Shelters us kids would go around collecting shrapnel. Mother gave us a special bag to collect it in and we’d take it to the town hall. We’d get stars depending on how much we’d taken in.
If we were lucky we’d go to school — if it was still standing. I did a lot of knitting, more knitting than lessons.
We had a lot of sing a longs in the shelters and knitting for the soldiers, I’ve never stopped knitting since.

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