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'Being bombed with Daddy'

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nottinghamcsv
People in story: 
Ron Gardner, Reg Gardner and Ruby Gardner.
Location of story: 
Sutton, Surrey and Wath on Dearne, Yorkshire.
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A5556783
Contributed on: 
06 September 2005

"This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/BBC Radio Nottingham on behalf of Ron Gardner with his permission. The author fully understands the site's tems and conditions."

I was born in '38. I was sent up to Wath on Dearne, when I was about 3 or 4 to be with my grandparents. I said to my mother "I want to go back to London and be bombed with Daddy". So we went back to Sutton - in time for the Doodlebugs !

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