'The most terrible aspect of the raids, she said, was that for week alter' week it was impossible to 4 full night's sleep. The German polley of "nuisance" raids where there was no full fledged attack, had certain effect, although not nearly yo-much as they hoped for. Th result of "this lack of sleep wi noticeable in Increased nervousness fand. Tack. of resistance.
'When she left London the warning sireng sounded regularly at 6 o'clock, by which time most people in anti= lpation, had already' taken shelter. Early' In the war' the raid alarms usually started at 7, but as the nights rew longer the bombers lengthened their stay over the city.
Thousands upon thousands took shelter every night in the Under ground stations, where they were was said, to see long queues of po Ing up outside the entrances to these stations as carly as 2 o'clock in the afternoon. When the stations were opened at 4 o'clock they were soon full of people with pillows and endeavouring to make themselves 9s comfortable as possible in the elr~ cumstances, Conditions inside the however, wore far from pi the lack' of proper arrangements' for the accommodation of large numbers of people made itself felt.
'The West End of London suffered most, many famous shops and build ings' being gutted by large. bombs. At one time there was. not one unbroken window to be seen down one well-known shopping street, the lady "said. "Frequently, however, when it happened: that the front of 8 shop was damaged, business. went on as usual through the back doors. Buses throughout London carried on during the roids, as though nothing were happening, running in the night until 12 'o'elocic. Tube trains also continued to run during the day, although in the night they were stopped.
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