GOOD TO BE ALIVE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 227, 18 October 1940, Page 7

GOOD TO BE ALIVE

BOMBING AND BAKING i , HOUSEKEEPING UNDER FIRE How to be a housekeeper and an nir raid warden at the same time is described by a Neweastle-on-Tync woman in a letter to her sister at Mount Albert. Raids are apparently plentiful in this part of the battlefield, but the blithe spirit of the letter betrays no fear —merely anxiety lest the bread should be burnt between bombings •'We're getting used to Jerry and feel mad at the waste of time, " says the writer. "I had to dive for it yesterday. I was using the vacuum cleaner when the sirens went, and was., just fortunate enough to get the dinner cooked. I did curse, as I was hungry. But instead of dining, on with my tin hat and the rest of the gear and cut to keep the streets clear—an easy job these days, as everyone realises the danger and takes cover. - "I was herding some children into the shelter when Jerry came over. There were 50 of them, so I darted into cover as well, and there was merry hell for a while. '"It's certainly good to be alive these days, although life is so disjointed and upset. But what odds! |We sleep when we can, as, being wardens, we have lots of duty time. For the first time in my life I can sleep during the day. "I laid the bread out at 7.15 a.m. and I am baking now ... I hope I get it out of the oven before Jerry comes over to-day. "Don't believe anything you hear from the German radio or the Nazi station that is supposed to be broad casting from England, or the French ones that are German-controlled. It is all absolute lies and piffle," the letter concludes. As an admiring American has said, "You cannot beat people like this."