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- bedfordmuseum
- People in story:Ìý
- Mrs. Beryl Page
- Location of story:Ìý
- Leicester
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A6604102
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 01 November 2005
Sheltering in Leicester
"We didn’t have Anderson shelters, we didn’t go underground. We had a brick built air raid shelter and we used it to play in. We never went out in to the shelter we used to go in the cupboard under the stairs. A plane was being chased and it just dropped it bombs. That was about it, but there was always the threat. I remember taking my gas mask when the air raid sirens went.
Celebrating VE Day
We had a street party, tables all down the street and the piano came out of the house. My dad played the piano all day long, everybody singing, probably ‘Roll out the Barrel’. I can’t remember too much but I can remember the street parties. We all had the flags out. By VJ Day (Victory in Japan 15 August 1945) it meant that the war was completely over.â€
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