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During the German raids the shed where we kept our cycles was hit by tracer bullets. That's the only damage we had.

The effect of bombing on Norwich was felt even at this distance of nine miles away. Our bedroom floors were not level at all angles so we had various size wood blocks under the furniture. When bombs made impact the bed,for instance, would jump from the blocks and one leg or another would miss the block on return. This was a cast iron double bed, so one can get some idea what a direct hit must have been like.

Towards the end of the war "doodle bugs" (otherwise German pilotless rocket planes)went over our house, it was a direct path, for its timed destination to explode. The doodle bug had a green light showing; when this light went out it meant two minutes and it would crash to earth exploding.

One summer evening, one doodle bug whisked over the house, a second followed but the light went out in the distance before reaching us. It came very low, passed over about half a minute, it exploded in a field about two miles away. The impact lifted me off my feet; I shrieked and ran to my grandmother.

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