The Anderson Shelter |
Hilda: "It's funny to think there's no shelters this time.
We had an old
Anderson in the garden. I can see it now.
We had stertians growing all over
it, and we painted the front green.
Painted, it looked quite
pretty. Next door grew cabbages on theirs.
Jim: "Yes, we had a Morrison. Mmmm, I used to sleep in it.
I stuck pin-up girls all over the inside. Betty Grabel, Ann Shelton, Patricia
Rock.
The roof got all
smoky, 'cause I used to read in bed with a candle."
Hilda: "Yes, it was nice at the war, really.
The shelters, the blackouts, cups of tea..."
Jim: "The A.R.P., the evacuees, London kids seeing cows for the first time...."
Hilda: "Old Churchill on the wires..."
Jim: "Those were the days."
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