The Diary of Poppy Watt.....Saturday 15 May 1940

Dear Diary,

                  In the morning, I could not get up.  My back was very stiff.  The pain was barely tolerable.  I started crying over the agony.  Pia woke up, soon after Mrs. Wells came in.  She asked what was wrong.  After I replied,  she went and got some ice. I put it on my back.

I slowly maneuvered my self downstairs. 

" It's probably because you were bending down lots to make that Anderson shelter." Mrs. wells explained.