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During the war my husband didn’t go into the army because he had a stiff leg. He had to work at Marles (the munitions factory). I too worked there making ball bearings.

On 7th March 1942 the German bombers came over. We lived nearby and my mum said she saw the plane go over. I was in the fitting up department of the factory two storeys up. The siren went but we usually ignored it – it went off so often. This day we thought we’d have a cup of tea before we went down. We were still in the building when the bombs started dropping. One was a dud – the other killed many. Out of our shop seven ladies got right up to the gatehouse – they got machine gunned. When I got home my mum said have you seen anything of your dad today – thankfully he was ok.

During the war my husband didn’t go into the army because he had a stiff leg. He had to work at Marles (the munitions factory). I too worked there making ball bearings.

On 7th March 1942 the German bombers came over. We lived nearby and my mum said she saw the plane go over. I was in the fitting up department of the factory two storeys up. The siren went but we usually ignored it – it went off so often. This day we thought we’d have a cup of tea before we went down. We were still in the building when the bombs started dropping. One was a dud – the other killed many. Out of our shop seven ladies got right up to the gatehouse – they got machine gunned. When I got home my mum said have you seen anything of your dad today – thankfully he was ok.

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