11th July 1940

The air raid siren sounded a few minutes after 12 o'clock - the children had just been dismissed. Those near the school ran back and were taken with the 'dinner' children to the trenches. The others obeyed instructions already given and took shelter in the nearest house, wherever they happened to be. Fighting took place in the air & the all-clear was not sounded until 1.15, when children were collected from the trenches and surrounding houses and sent home.