- Contributed by
- CovWarkCSVActionDesk
- People in story:
- Frederick Walter Lawrence
- Location of story:
- Ticehurst, Sussex
- Background to story:
- Civilian
- Article ID:
- A5086253
- Contributed on:
- 15 August 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Heather McGrouther of CSV BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Action Desk on behalf of Frederick Walter Lawrence and his daughter Jane Lawrence and has been added to the site with their permission. The author fully understand the site's terms and conditions.
My late husband was evacuated to Ticehurst in Sussex. He and other lads from his school used to chase the buzz bombs on their pushbikes to collect the shrapnel.
As he rode down the drive one day chasing a bomb, a chicken flew out of the hedge and hit the front wheel of his bike. He went striaght over the handlebars and scraped his elbow.
He had a five inch scar for the rest of his life!
The chicken survived and he found its nest in the hedge. He then had a fresh egg every morning for the rest of the time he was there!
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