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derbycsv
People in story: 
Edward Gascoigne
Location of story: 
Derby, England.
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A4659230
Contributed on: 
02 August 2005

I was about three and a half when the war started. I remember trying on the gas masks and feeling scared so I wouldn't wear it.

My dad was in the Home Guard and I think he was a Special Policeman. I remember having to go into the cellar when the sirens went.

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