NextBack“During the war, I was working on the family farms at Brockhill and Lowans Hill.” “I was also in the St, John Ambulance Brigade. We had quite a lively time during the war. The Germans dropped a lot of bombs in and around Redditch. There were Enfield's, Terry's and BSA all on war work. Night after night just as soon as it became dark the siren would go. Then you would hear the noise of these airplanes. You could always tell if it was a German plane, the made a particular noise, I think it was because they were using semi-diesel.”
“The Germans were going up to Birmingham and they would fly over Redditch. The heavy 4.9's would be trained in the right direction and they would put up a barrage, with the shells timed to go off at a certain height. The sky would be full of orange flashes then there would be a terrific thump as the shells exploded. When you were doing the rounds it was a matter of dodging the shrapnel. You got behind anything you could because there would be a rain of pieces of heavy, low-
