“ONLY THE GERMANS”
UNCONCERN IN ENGLAND. KITTLE GIRL’S SUMMING UP. The compartive unconcern with which people in rural England view the German air raid is illustrated hi a letter to a Christchurch resident. “ It is lovely w'eather and so peaceful and pleasant here,” writes the correspondent, “ except for various dogfights with Hun aeroplanes, which we 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: ‘Oh, what’s that noise?’ Sarah: ‘Don’t be frightened, Ginia. It isn't thunder—it’s only the Germans 1 ’ ”
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Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4378, 15 January 1941, Page 4
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124“ONLY THE GERMANS” Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 62, Issue 4378, 15 January 1941, Page 4
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