what has it meant to freckleton over the yea rs ? has it meant to freckleton over the years? only when it is a big, like, 70 yea rs, 75 yea rs, only when it is a big, like, 70 years, 75 years, god willing i will be here for the next one. and if i ami be here for the next one. and if i am i will probably do the same again. we always get flowers from david and myself and put them on. we lost our other survivors. george died in 2015. he was poorly quite a bit. but we are lucky we have not in this far. what is a like for you, personally, reflecting on what happened every year. ever get easier? yes and no. , i was doing very well yesterday and then my friend started to read the children‘s names and i would not have a tissue to hand so the tears just streamed down my face. i could not not. it always hits me when they read the names out. it‘s such a sad time for me. it is a sad time for the village, in a way, but my aim. i just don‘t want them to be forgotten. their memory must be kept alive and i think, i told my friend yesterday when i came home, i said that this is the first time

exactly 75 years on, the people of freckleton gathered in the church to remember those lost lives.ent to my teacher and i saw her very gradually slump to the desk. and then you tried to get out? idid. and at the door there was a massive flame. so i went like this through the hole. ruby cowered under her desk. so that desk saved your life? possibly. eventually they moved enough rubble to get the airmen inside and they picked me up and took me out, put me in a blanket and i was put in an ambulance. jean should have been at school that day but was ill. all we saw was lots of men and they were digging with their bare hands, digging. and this big wheel sticking out of the school. it was awful. awful. i will never forget it. i will never forget that day. this morning we have remembered before god... a new memorial was dedicated to mark the 75th anniversary. in the village hall, teacakes and a chance for them to share their memories of their day. do you remember? i remember it being black and horrible. do you still think about your classmates and your friends lost that day? yes. around th