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At Christmas 1940, was the blitz of Manchester and Salford. I was just two and a half years old at the time. During one of the blitz, a landmine (dropped silently by parachute) landed at the end of the road and virtually wiped out the row of houses. A number of people were killed but I was lucky. I was buried alive under rubble and soot in our living room. Even though I was only two and half years old, I can remember being dragged out of the debris feet first by my Dad, and dust and soot cascaded onto a red rug. Luckily it seems I was not seriously hurt.
A few days later we moved out of the house to Prestwich where I lived until I got married

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