91Èȱ¬

This contribution to People’s War was received by the Action Desk at 91Èȱ¬ Radio Norfolk and submitted to the website with the permission and on behalf of Mr Michael Holmes
1 Shot at -and only three years old

“I lived on Foster Road near Catton and mother was an A.R.P. I was three and playing outside when a German plane came over and shot at us because we were playing near the soldiers. I remember the bullets hitting the ground and a soldier pulling me down to the ground for safety.�

2.Uncle trying to get into the Shelter

“1942, the Norwich blitz. My uncle was a ‘tail end Charlie’ in the Lancaster bomber - a rear gunner. I remember him banging on the air raid shelter to get in the night of the blitz. I was only two.�

3 Trapped in the Submarine

“My dad was a sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy he was trapped in his submarine on the bottom of a fiord for three days — he got out�

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