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Radio Solent,3 mins

Newport bombing remembered

Lou Hannan

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The victims of a devastating air raid on the Isle of Wight have been remembered at a ceremony in Newport. 20 people were killed when the German bombs fell on Clarence Road on the morning of 7th of April 1943. One of the survivors of the raid was 12 year old Enid Abraham, her father wasn't so lucky. Enid who now lives in Christchurch in Dorset, recounted her memories of the raid.

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