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enjoyed each other’s company. Rose told April<br />
how different London is to the village life and<br />
how she had danced on stage with some famous<br />
people such as Max Wall.<br />
One evening whilst listening to the news April’s<br />
father said, “If the Germans come here, I will<br />
shoot you all, so they don’t get to you first”.<br />
This frightened April extremely, but she had<br />
heard of what the Germans would do to them.<br />
No-one knew what could happen, people just<br />
helped each other.<br />
The elderly ladies would sit in groups and knit<br />
scarfs and socks for the army. Everyone tried to<br />
get on with life as normal as they could, it lasted<br />
quite some time, no-one knew how long they<br />
would have to live like this.<br />
April was not one for sweets, so she swapped her<br />
sweet coupon for a ticket for the local cinema,<br />
she enjoyed watching films as it was a way for<br />
her to escape the terrible atmosphere of the war<br />
taking place. April mostly watchd comedies and<br />
musicals as they made her laugh and gave her<br />
something to sing whilst in the shelter.<br />
As the years went by April starting to grow up<br />
and look after herself a bit more now.<br />
She and her friends would walk home in a group,<br />
so it wasn’t too frightening, it made them all feel
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