Yes Peter, altho’ a few years younger I can remember my mother running down the garden to the Anderson shelter with me in her arms.The house next door but one got a direct hit.

You all might find the story at the link below interesting…yet another example of hindsight blurring (or trying to) history………….

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/nuclear_01.shtml

Apologies if you’ve seen it before.