大象传媒

I was brought up in Cae Hopkin. I was 17 years of age when the war started. At the beginning of the war we were given identity cards with our full name address and number. We were also given ration books for food. The shopkeeper would then stamp the book as it was used. It came on the wireless that there was to be a war effort. This meant that we were to volunteer to take part in the home guard, local defence, air warden. I chose the fire service at Abercarve and became a member of the Auxillary Fire Service. At that time there were no street lights and we were told to close all curtains at blackout time. In the event of an air raid, a warning would come from the colliery hooter. We could hear the German bombers over head. When the air raid was over, the colliery hooter would be heard again signalling the all clear. When the war was over it was a great thing to see the lights on the streets and everything coming back to normality.

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