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Dad flung himself to the ground till it passed over and when he got up again, he found a dog underneath...
They came in a cardboard box, almost a cube, The long string handle hung around your neck, The sharp-edged...
After we were bombed out in 1941 we moved to a cheap 1930s semi-detached rented house in Chastiliann Road...
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