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- 01 August 2005
The news soon spread 鈥 there鈥檚 a barrage balloon down in Carew Road. My sister and I asked our mother if we could go and see it. 鈥淵es,鈥 she replied, 鈥渂ut be back for dinner.鈥
We hurried through the alleyway and there it was 鈥 a huge white whale marooned in the road. How did it get there, and who let it go? The royal Air Force officer in charge was not used to this situation. He glared at the children gathered there and said 鈥渒eep well back,鈥 then added 鈥渁nd no smoking.鈥
We stayed a long as we could and then went home for dinner. We returned immediately and it had vanished. We never found out how, but I suspect that when the siren went off and the balloons went up somebody counted and said 鈥渢here鈥檚 one missing.鈥
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