Exactly that. With typical understatement of that generation, my mother said the V1's were not a problem all the time you could hear them - this from Wembley/Willesden! Whereas my father in North Africa with the Eighth Army described being bombed in the desert sand as not particularly troublesome unless they scored a direct hit and that my mother had it worse in the Blitz. They met a couple of years after the war. -- SW6.doc

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Date Posted: Tuesday, July 01, 11:57:57am
Author: Barry@ENF
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Subject: Exactly that. With typical understatement of that generation, my mother said the V1's were not a problem all the time you could hear them - this from Wembley/Willesden! Whereas my father in North Africa with the Eighth Army described being bombed in the desert sand as not particularly troublesome unless they scored a direct hit and that my mother had it worse in the Blitz. They met a couple of years after the war.
In reply to: Mr Kurkuruza 's message, "Sorry, yes it was a V1 'doodlebug'. My Mum said if you heard the engine cut, shy of your house, then that was the time to worry." on Tuesday, July 01, 10:57:56am

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Same as my parents, except my Dad had a safe RAF stationing out in India. My Grandmother was beside herself one afternoon because the V1's could be heard above, and my 15 year old Mum was in the local New Southgate cinema with a boyfriend. Not sure if it was the V1 or the boyfriend's intentions she was worried about?. (NT) -- Mr Kurkuruza, Tuesday, July 01, 01:09:49pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)
We lived where Harlesden runs into Stonebridge.Cross London freight line at the bottom of our road.Massive power station by the track.We were surrounded by bomb sites. (NT) -- HemelRog, Tuesday, July 01, 05:55:22pm (NoHost/31.94.14.50)
- I think my mother’s family were in Stonebridge - I’m trying to remember the name of the road. I recall they still had an Anderson shelter in The garden for years after the war. (NT) -- Barry@ENF, Wednesday, July 02, 01:50:19am (NoHost/84.66.32.133)
  - Remember we had an Andersen shelter in the garden. (NT) -- HemelRog, Wednesday, July 02, 10:16:43am (NoHost/31.94.14.139)

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