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Contributed by: nottinghamcsv
People in story:: Percy Padley
Location of story:: Nottingham
Background to story:: Royal Air Force
Article ID:: A5549646
Contributed on:: 06 September 2005

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

I was 20 years old back then and went into the Air Force, I worked in the stores, I lived with my parents because I wasn't married

We used to go in the air raid shelter when the sirens went, it was not very nice, it was cold.

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