Were you a wartime child in Wales?
THIS year is 70 years since the start of the Second World War.
Bob Pearson remembers what the war was like for children in Kiveton and Wales.
"We had 'guns', swords, bows and arrows. We had tin hats and wore Siren Suits when we were in the air raid shelters."
"We would rampage through the gardens and streets of Wales after dark during the blackout."
"I remember when a land-mine came down in Kiveton. We collected tail fins from incendiary bombs and shrapnel from the shells fired by an anti-aircraft gun in Manor Road."
"Another time the village was searched by armed policemen for a German airman who they thought had bailed out of his plane nearby."
"We collected free chocolate powder and an apple from Emmerson's shop, that had been sent as gifts from Canada. We all stayed up late one night to welcome home Ron Rothwell from a German prisoner of war camp, who had lost part of his leg in Crete."
"Evacuees came here too: one had trouble with the police because he 'borrowed' the oil lamp from a railway signal."
"To celebrate the end of the war, the local 'Victory Queen' came to our school and gave a shilling to every child."
"We had a victory party at the Leeds Arms, with potted meat sandwiches, and rather tasteless red and yellow jellies were served."
John Tanner, Kiveton Park and Wales History Project
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