YOUR 'Looking Back' article, "Bomb Terror" (LET, February 15), about wartime air raids reminded me of the night in 1940 when the bombs were dropped near Woodfold Mill, in Darwen.
I was on what I think was the last tram of the night from Darwen when we got to the bottom of Heys Lane and the tram stopped when the siren sounded.
There were about five men and myself on the top deck.
They all dashed past me to get off the tram, and I remember sheltering in a shop doorway until the "all clear," when we went on our way.
So much for male chivalry. I was 16 years of age.
RUTH BOARDMAN, Park Road, Darwen.
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