Blitz

We lived in Mill Street in the Dingle and I remember one night my Mum took me and my younger sister to the Mayfair cinema, we saw the picture and as it was ending the Sirens went. The Manager said we could stay at the cinema until the all clear was sounded, but my Mum was worried my Dad would be looking for us so we started to venture home. We were all walking along Aigbuth Road when we saw this plane coming down low. My mum said "Don't worry, I think its one of ours". She no longer said the words when it started to machine gun both sides of the road. Luckliy for us we managed to get into an air-raid shelter where my Dad found us. I don't think many of our generation this day would want to go through anything like that today. Ruth Strong