by admins | Jun 29, 2004 | Ellen Lee: Shelter Warden, I Remember...
I was 13 at the time and we lived at 23 King Street: Wilkinson’s was just over the road. We used the shelter often but very luckily not that night. My father was in an exempt occupation – he worked for the gas company. I remember he told my mother that if...
by admins | Jun 29, 2004 | Ellen Lee: Shelter Warden, I Remember...
I was 13 then. I was dragged to the shelter every time. I couldn’t get out of bed. I was a lazy girl. Me mother…used to stand over me, pull the clothes off and at the finish used to say, ‘I’m going out for the Polis’. And he used to yank...
by admins | Jun 29, 2004 | Ellen Lee: Shelter Warden, I Remember...
I lost 7 members of my family that night at Wilkinson’s. I was 23 at the time. I lived at 24 Hylton Street and during raids I would often use my mother’s brick shelter at her house in Little Bedford Street. Fortunately, I never used the Wilkinson’s...
by admins | Jun 29, 2004 | Ellen Lee: Shelter Warden, I Remember...
Albert Lee aged 17 was in the shelter and survived the disaster. “My mother (Ellen Lee) was the ARP warden in charge of Wilkinson’s air raid shelter. So, naturally we used the shelter every time there was a raid on. That night I was in the shelter with...
by admins | Jun 24, 2004 | Ellen Lee: Shelter Warden
In the course of researching material for this site, many survivors and local residents mentioned the bravery of an ARP warden, Mrs Lee. None however could provide any details about her other than that she was a large lady and a local ‘character’. By...
