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This story was submitted to the people war Website by a volunteer from Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon Life on behalf of I. Trickey,

I. TRICKEY

Born in Bristol.

Started school at three and a half years old and it was a nightmare. My big sister took me but we met a teacher called Miss Williams. She was very tall and scary. She grabbed my collar because by now I was crying. I can鈥檛 remember too much of that first day except I was very unhappy.

I had two brothers and two sisters who paired up and I was stuck in the middle.

My Dad was a builder which meant he was often home if it was too wet to work. This meant free milk for the poorer families. The teacher would shout your name and everyone knew. I felt awful.

I had to leave school at 14 the war was on so by 1940 I was in a factory making army boots. The smell of leather and noise was dreadful.

The worse thing about the war for me was the blackout. However we still managed to go dancing which I loved.

I supposed rationing was a big thing but Mum still managed to produce really good meals and we were never really hungry.

Some of my best memories when we were small was Sunday School. We had picnics on one day each year at Weston-super-Mare.

In 1948 I married a wonderful man and had fifty glorious years.

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