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- lowestoftlibrary
- People in story:听
- Ray Hammond
- Location of story:听
- Lowestoft
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A3197423
- Contributed on:听
- 29 October 2004
I was born in 1934. I remember in about 1942/43 I was walking along the middle of the road. You did in those days as there was so little traffic. A Messerschmitt came over firing its machine guns. The bullets were bouncing off the roofs all around me. I ran home to tell my mum as happy as could be. What an adventure! My mum wasn鈥檛 quite as pleased as I had been!
I can remember during the raids we sometimes went to a large communal shelter. This could fit hundreds in. We used to sit in there singing songs etc. I always felt we had a good time when we went there.
The war was always exciting for me. I don鈥檛 remember ever having been scared.
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