Sussex was right on the front line of Britain on the coast. It was a
way in for the nazis planes and there were often many air raids as
planes went up to London and back down. Local townspersons recall the
frequent air raids overhead. The populations of towns whether it was
night or day would all file down into the air raid shelters. In Sussex
there might have been personal Anderson shelter in the back garden or
there would be a street shelter that everyone went to.
At night there were blackouts and people would have special curtains
which were pitch black on the outside at night. Also car lights would
have a special filter which directed the light down.
In Sussex it was a very busy area for air raids, as there were many
planes which came over this area. In Sussex a lot of the air raids
which happened in London happened in Sussex, as they had to pass over.
It was a big nuisance as there could be 2 or 3 air raids a day which
meant they would have kept having to go up to the village shelter or
their own shelter in the middle of the night each time worrying about
what was going to happen.
To ensure everyone was obeying the rules during blackouts there would
be a local ARP warden who walked around at night checking everyone
wasn't giving away position to the Germans. Also the ARP warden would
be on duty during an air raid checking people were safely in shelters
and would help out rescuing people from bombed houses.
Bombing wasn't usually a problem as Sussex wasn't usually a target,
just a dropping off station for waste bombs. I have selected a village
to show what bombing was like in just 1 reasonably small village:
Parsonage Farm 10 bombs.
Wantly Estate 2 bombs.
4 Unexploded bombs on Oreham Common
Truly, Brookside farm and rye farm also had bombs found all in the
space of 1 year.
As a result of this bombing occasionally people had to be re-housed.
Why the Major Cities of Britain were Bombed by the Germans in 1940 and 1941
[4] From the memoirs of J.B Gent a Child in the war who lived on
Ways the British Government Attempted to Hide the Effects of the Blitz from the People of Britain
the tent and during the “War!” – “the part that is not for show”, “a
warnings of intruder planes coming in the area. It talked about how a lot of
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