"ONLY THE GERMANS"
UNCONCERN IN. ENGLAND LITTLE GIRL'S SUMMING-UP The comparative uneoncem with which people in rural England view tlie German air raid is illustrated in a letter to a Christchurclv resident. "It is lovely weather and so peaceful and pleasant here," writes the correspondent, "except for various dog-fights with Hun aeroplanes., which avc see from time to time, and the buzzing of Hun aeroplanes overhead at night. It is quite extraordinary to be picking blackberries' with half a dozen small children and suddenly hear the buzz of distant aeroplanes and the crackle of machine guns.
"Sarah (a little girl) summed up the situation as follows: —Virginia: 'Ooh wat's that noise?' Sarah: 'Don't be frightened, Ginia; it isn't thunder; it's only the Germans.'"
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 250, 16 December 1940, Page 3
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