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Submitted to Contest #4
It was a long train journey from London to Roberta's new home. She was used to the busy streets of a city and living with the all too familiar night terrors of the bombing of London at war in 1942. Her sleep was often disturbed by the wailing of the air raid sirens, her mother rushing to gather rations and hurry along the streets with the rest of the locals to the closest underground train station which served as a huge shelter from the bombs.Hundreds of people would squeeze in, settle down for the night with blankets, food, reading for the ...
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