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Sussex / Re: What happened in Rustington and Littlehampton during WW2?
« on: Wednesday 16 September 09 09:49 BST (UK) »
I lived in Rustington during the war and went to the local primary school.
We lived in Broadmark Lane and had Canadian soldiers stationed in hotels opposite our house. There were air raids and I can remember the postman coming one day and warning my mother to make sure I went inside as he could hear something coming. A bomb dropped on a house just a few doors away. I remember my father collecting the shrapnel from out of the garden.
Most nights my sister and I slept under the big dining room table.
Good luck with you students, lovely to hear they are so interested.
Baldie now in Australia
We lived in Broadmark Lane and had Canadian soldiers stationed in hotels opposite our house. There were air raids and I can remember the postman coming one day and warning my mother to make sure I went inside as he could hear something coming. A bomb dropped on a house just a few doors away. I remember my father collecting the shrapnel from out of the garden.
Most nights my sister and I slept under the big dining room table.
Good luck with you students, lovely to hear they are so interested.
Baldie now in Australia