- Contributed byÌý
- Action Desk, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Suffolk
- People in story:Ìý
- Iris Jean Mansell/Green, Mr and Mrs Hansell
- Location of story:Ìý
- Lakenham, Nr Norwich.
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4404728
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 08 July 2005
I remember putting our clothes on back to front and being very scared before we rushed to the shelter in the garden. A coke fire was lit during the day to keep the shelter dry.
I saw a German aeroplane coming over our house, the pilot was dead.
At Lyng, near Norwich, 2 miles from Weston Longville, Glen Miller played in the hanger on the airfield.
Nick Green, as a young boy, used to clean all the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guards' guns and his grandfather's. He was paid a shilling for each gun.
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