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My second baby, Heather, was born in 1944 with 'buzz bombs' dropping all around. I was living in a hut 12 by 8 feet. One fell in the field opposite and blew a window out. Luckily Janet and I were sleeping on the floor. This was at Newdigate, Surrey. I eventually slept in an overground shelter with Janet and three other children. My head was outside the shelter and I was expecting Heather within the next fortnight. There were no cars and I had to walk over a mile to catch a bus to Dorking to the hospital, where they immediately sent me through to Pixham Lane, Dorking, a maternity unit.

I was taken to hospital and buzz bombs were dropping all the time while I gave birth. I took her back to the hut where the only running water was from a tap close by and there was no drainage. My cooking was done on Primus stoves and heating by a Valor stove. Luckily, Heather fed well and was a very good baby.

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