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I remember at the age of 5 years the V.E. day party at my Grandfathers shop. We were German targets in Beverley when Hull was bombed. I remember a cannon shell that came along our back passage, made a hole in the gate and the back door and landed underneath the copper in the scullery. It didn鈥檛 explode. I remember my Grandmother鈥檚 cellar where we went when the bombing was on. The bed smelled fusty. There was waterglass in a bucket where eggs were kept. I remember the bucket vibrating when Hull was bombed and the waterglass crept up in the bucket and spilled over the side.

(This story was collected at the Severn Valley Railway 1940s weekend and submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Wyre Forest Volunteer Bureau on behalf of Malcolm Burnett and has been added to this site with his permission. Mr Burnett fully understands the site's terms and conditions.)

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