- Contributed by听
- Albert Dunning
- People in story:听
- Albert Dunning
- Location of story:听
- Colliers Wood, S.E. London
- Article ID:听
- A2295245
- Contributed on:听
- 14 February 2004
I was three years old when the second world war was declared on 3rd September 1939 and living in Fortescue road, Colliers Wood, South London with my parents three brothers and twin sister.
I vaguely remember when the Battle of Britain was on, watching from our Anderson shelter in the garden, the dog fights in the sky overhead between the RAF and the German Luftwaffe. In November 1940 we were evacuated to Somerset. I went with my mother, sisiter and two older brothers. It was on my Dad's orders that we get away from London because of the danger of bombing. My grandmother stayed behind to look after Dad and my eldest brother. We went by London taxi to Paddington station because the tube was stopped because of the bomb damage around Balham.
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