Elsie Smith, aged 12

Reference No:
L DEX24/23
Dates:
9 Feb 1942
Description:

Recalls hearing a loud bang and ran down the stairs when there was a crash and all of the windows smashed. A man had to break-down the front door, which was locked, to help her mother and her escape just as a bomb hit the house. Another bomb caused the shelter to collapse and they were trapped for 15 minutes before some soldiers rescued them and they were taken by bus to a Rest Centre.

She finishes by saying that in all of the other raids 'we went into the shelter and went to sleep on the bunks'.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item/2 pages
Access Conditions:
Photocopies, but not the originals, are available to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull Local Studies Library
Collection:
Children's Recollections of the Blitz