Walked the usual mile to the bus terminus from our evacuated London school housed in a Surrey mansion,...
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As children during the war, Sheila and I played on the recreation ground at the top of our road, one day we...
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We were wrapped in blankets supplied by our mothers — we would sit on the benches learning our tables...
The Year 1941 by Eileen Barker. We were taking a walk over Earlswood Common My two little nieces and I,...
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Following another raid, my mother was peering into a crater across the road from our house when our mongrel...
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