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This story was submitted to the Peoples War site by Pat Bullock of Shropshire Libraries on behalf of Laura Matlock and has been added to the site with her permission. She fully understands the sites terms and conditions.

Everywhere you went during war at night was in blackout. It was very dark walking out at night, no street lights or lights from shop windows. Everyone had a torch but you had to make sure you only held it down. All the buses had very dim lighting inside and the headlights on the cars and buses had a shield on so only a little light pointed down. (not that there were many cars on the road, only army vehiclesas petrol was on coupons.)

You couldn't put your lights on in the house until you had put up your blackout. This was black material on a frame that just fitted your window. If you showed any light at all you would have a knock on your door from the air raid warden. That was one of his jobs.

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