- Contributed by听
- Lewisfamily
- People in story:听
- John Richard Whitney Lewis
- Location of story:听
- Pantbach Rd Cardiff
- Background to story:听
- Royal Marines 1945-7
- Article ID:听
- A1995942
- Contributed on:听
- 08 November 2003
On the night of May 16th 1943 our house was so badly damaged in an airaid that it would have to be pulled down. My mother was heartbroken because she had left her precious rings on the dressing table and the bedroom was virtually in ruins. Two neighbours from further down the street came to help us and one of them said, "Don't worry, we'll find those rings for you!"
They spent the entire next day sieving every bit of rubble into a brick compound that they'd built in the middle of the room. Finally, just as it looked as if their efforts had been all in vain and they were about to give up,I suddenly spotted the rings in the seive! "We've got them!" they shouted. Before we could say "Thank you", they'd gone. That's how neighbours were.
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