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15 October 2014
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Morrison Shelter and More

by 大象传媒 Open Centre, Lancashire

Contributed by听
大象传媒 Open Centre, Lancashire
People in story:听
Margaret Wright (nee Mahoney) and parents, James and Caroline
Location of story:听
Little Harwood, Lancashire
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A3872586
Contributed on:听
08 April 2005

I can remember the Morrison Shelter taking up all the dining kitchen, mum being very claustraphobic so it was demolished and we went under the stairs where we had sweets, so my brother and I were quite happy ...

Mum eeking out mince beef with bread crumbs in the meat so that it would go further ...

I can recall watching the German planes going over, looking for the Whitebirk Power Station, the bombs missing and everybody going to see the craters in the fields where the Philips buildings are now!

My dad was an ARP, his patch being Lion Brewery and area ...

We went from school (St Stephens Infants) to the air-raid shelter in two's. It was situated adjacent to the school on recreation ground. It smelt awful, but the teachers kept spirits up by singing songs such as "quartermasters stores" ...

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