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Soon after the start of WW2 householders were instructed to "black out" external windows to prevent the escape of light at night. This was to make it difficult for enemy bombers to locate targets. Our living-room window was blacked out with sheets of brown paper. One Sunday morning my sister and I were downstairs before our parents. Ilit a candle, which was available in case of power failure, and applied the flame to a bottom corner of the paper. Flames shot up quickly and a piece of burning paper floated down onto a moquette-covered sofa. Damage was limited to a scorch mark and we escaped with a telling-off

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