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(This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Three Counties Action on behalf of Mrs Putnam and has been added to the site with her permission. Mr Putnam fully understands the sites terms and conditions).

I was at school in Hackney London aged from eight to fourteen. Because of lack of teaching and adult help during the war years I was given the duty of giving the younger children their daily dose of malt which was given in a classroom that all the windows were bricked up.

During the afternoon younger children had a daily nap which was on camp beds blue blanket for boys and pink for girls.

My fathers ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guard duties were with the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gueard in Victoria Park we learnt morse code together.

My school hours were one week mornings and one week afternoons. The school was destroyed one Sunday afternoon by a direct hit Rocket. Fortunately the school was empty of persons.

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