Phyllis Corney, aged 86
I lived in Montalt Road, Cheylesmore. It was another night in the air raid shelter in our garden after tea, as usual.
Father went out laying incendiary bombs and sand and his hand got hurt, leaving him disabled and unable to work after that. The next morning I walked with my mum, dad, sisters, Peg and Eileen and brother Ron, to Cubbington, where after knocking doors, we were taken in and stayed with a lady called Mrs Merriman. Our house had been damaged and we had to have doors and windows replaced.
My brother and dad then had to cycle to work from Cubbington to Baginton at an ammunition factory. We had to go to school but I didn’t like it.