It’s 1940 and you are settling down to sleep when the air raid siren goes off…
Write me a short descriptive narrative about what you and your family did as they rushed to the air raid shelter. Don’t forget to use your 5 senses to describe the shelter and the people there!
I Was Terrorfied As I Heard The Loud Decepting Noise I Jumped Out Of Bed Smelling My Sweat Rising Up In My Knuckles My Sister Was Petrified We Swiftly Ran To The Anderson Shelter In Are Garden My Soul Sank as The Noise Reached High Limit.
As I slowly crept into bed, I heard a loud unbearable noise. It was urgent and warning as if hurrying me somewhere. This could be only one thing, an air raid siren! We were being bombed!
I darted down the stairs and descended into the underground station. It was cold and damp and filled with scattering rats. Shuddering, I looked down into the tracks to see a whole group of people huddled together. BOOM! An explosion had set off and everyone went silent. An eerie atmosphere filled the station as colourful faces flushed to white. It was a long night.
I was petrified as I could hear the, screaming, decepting whale of the air raid sirens. Baby Maggie couldn’t stop crying, I mean I can’t blame her. As I got up, the hairs on the back of my neck, I started questioning my self, thinking, Are we going to survive? Will everything be alright? I didn’t know the answer to any of them. My mom rushed Maggie and I to the Anderson shelter. I couldn’t bear it in there, the sirens had gone too far. My ears were red from my hands blocking them. The only word to describe it…
I was petrified when I heard the screaming, decepting, whale of an air raid siren. Baby Maggie started to cry and scream, but I can’t blame her. I started thinking to myself, Are we going to be okay?Will everything be the same once we get out? Ma started to get ready to get in, we didn’t have time to grab anything, a bomb just hit a house. My ears were red from my hands grabbing them to stop the noise from getting to me. Once we were inside, we sat on the rough bench. What was gonna happen?
My eyelids were heavy, I was sinking into sleep when suddenly the high pitched wail of the air raid siren jerked me awake. I was terrified. Half asleep, I scrambled out of bed. The sirens sounded like a dying mouse. I went to my parents bedroom but it looked like they were already up. I came straight to the Anderson shelter in the backyard with my dog Brian. The shelter barely fitted all of us but we managed to squeeze in. The sky was lit up by fires and bombs being dropped every were. The last bomb sounded near by
I heard whoo whooo ooo so i ran, wildly and terrified, to the air raid shelter. It was damp and wet but i had to stay there since i could not go out side because i will be bombed on. Every one there was screaming or shouting. The whole place was cramped with people sitting down, lying down, crouching and huddling together. I waited there for hour after hour until the bombing stopped. i was one of the last people tho come out of the air-raid shelter. the all-clear siren meant it was the end of bombing.
The people whom filled the train stations in London, the messerschmitt planes flying across the skies of London. In the far distance, we started to hear the explosions of the bombs and shrapnel hitting lampposts and bricks. The friendly local musicians played music to raise their spirits. All the people on the railway track just lay their blankets on the dusty tracks hopeing that the Nazis don’t attack them.
As the time slowly went by, There was a clear siren and there was a sigh of relief from every one and the ARP sent the people off one by one.
The people whom filled the train stations in London, the messerschmitt planes flying across the skies of London. In the far distance, we started to hear the explosions of the bombs and shrapnel hitting lampposts and bricks. The friendly local musicians played music to raise their spirits. All the people on the railway track just lay their blankets on the dusty tracks hopeing that the Nazis don’t attack them.
As the time slowly went by, There was a clear siren and there was a sigh of relief from everyone and the ARP sent the people off one by one.
I felt my chest pounding as I heard the piercing sound of the thundering air raid siren. My family and I scurried to the community shelter barefoot while I clutched desperately to my teddy searching for comfort. Once in the shelter, I tried to fall asleep but the decaying smell that invaded the space was deafening. As the tears rolled down my cheeks I could taste the saltiness of desperation spreading through me. Glancing at the boy sitting alone in the corner, I held back my tears and forced a smile on my face. After all we are all brave being here together.
As soon as I heard the siren, I started to shake. Ma grabbed me and my sisters, who were both crying, and ushered us downstairs. When we got downstairs, I realised that the reality of a world war had come. I had heard about air raids but had never been in one myself. We gripped our coats as we walked through the street. On every side, I could see children wailing unsure what was happening. Soon, we got to th station, and we joined a huddle of families. I could hear bombs crashing near us. A woman screamed out nearby.
I just put on my gas mask after supper when I heard the most dreadful noise imaginable. My sister dragged me out of my bed and before I knew it I was already downstairs. She told me the awful noise was an air raid siren. My little sister was crying so loud I could barely hear it. Then mum panicky told us to go to the train station. So, in my favorite pajamas I had to hastily walk in the rain. We got there and people were sleeping on the tracks and brought food we were in there for 3 hours!
I started shaking, I knew what was going to happen but I still wasn’t prepared for what came next. I quickly slipped on my slippers and ran outside the street, it was chaotic, everyone was going to their nearest Anderson shelter. London was at its braking point.
My eyes bolted open as I heard the sirens go off, and I grabbed my gas mask and ran down stairs to see if everyone was awake. I could hear Tommy crying and I knew he was as scared as I was. Once we all got outside, we saw all our neighbours running towards the shelter. We waited until they had got past and started running at full speed to Tufnell Park station where everyone was going. We heard a plane fly over us and my heart started pounding like it never had before, and all of a sudden… bang!
I went into bed with a gas mask by my side. As I layed down, I heard an alarming and deafning sound. I rushed downstairs and my parents’ face was blank and pale. Then it hit me it was an air raid. I was terrified we went into the garden as quick as we could without looking back . It was horrible in there my baby sister was crying and we just managed to fit us all in. I just wanted to leave I couldn’t take it anymore. I couldn’t rest so many thoughts were in my head. We are doomed.
I was in a cozy bed when I heard this terrible sound. It was like a beast raging through the forest.. This could mean only one thing we were being bombed.
I ran down the stairs and through the front door all the way to the Anderson Shelter. It was freezing inside. There was a bench on each side of the shelter and still not all of us could sit down. We could hear the bombs falling outside. When we went outside I looked for my house but it wasn’t a house any more it was a pile of rubble.
This is crazy! The first thing I would say is why did we had to start a war at this time like why? Oh yeah! Because of that Adolf Hitler! I hope he dies at this point. Anyways, back to what I was saying, the sirens was insane! At first, I thought I going to die due to the bombs or the sirens of how loud it was. Lucky, I was with people at the time because of the fact it was so scary that I didn’t want to go alone. I want to go home so bad.
As I got ready for bed I thought about the 42 nights of continual bombing that had wrecked are beloved city.as I expected just as I lay down the sirens started I jumped to my feet immediately and ran down stairs calling for my parents when we were together we rushed outside and joined the flood of people heading for the station when we nearly at the doors we heard a bomb go of I looked around instinctively time seamed to freeze are house the place I lived was now gone levelled by a bomb fire raged around are house.
The siren went off and Mother and I quickly slipped our shoes and coat on trying our best to be as fast as we could. Our local shelter was already crammed full, everyone in a hurry to save themselves. We jostled our way in too. Now, I’m not saying that I like going in that thing. It smells horrid and there is not even a proper toilet. But when it comes to keeping safe, it is very useful. One time, a bomb landed two or three streets away but not even one piece of shrapnel came rocketing through the roof.
It was loud. I was just falling asleep trying to rest . It wasn’t going well because my brother was snoring and it was disturbing . Anyway, just as one eyelid shut the air raid siren went of . You might be confused Hittler (a big bum ) has started a war ! An actual war can you believe it . So we are fighting back so every night Germany drop bombs on us. So if we here the siren at any time we have to grab our gas masks and run to the shelter . So we rushed to the shelter, my little sister is only 2 . so i got my little brother my other brother and my little sister . Bombs were dropping near . It was damp,cold and scary the bombs were so close that a bit of shrapnel flew in but just missed my little brother.
Then the air raid siren went off. I jumped out of bed and grabbed my gas mask. It felt like 12:00 but I couldn’t see out of the window due to the blackout blinds. As I ran down the stairs, I heard my little sister crying. Mother and Father were by the door, wating for me. We rushed out of the flat and looked around us to see our neighbours looking around just like we were. Everything was chaos. Then we heard the planes above, no false alarm then. I shouted for mother and father to follow.
There it was the petrifying sound of the siren. My eye were so heavy. I sighed. This meant that the Luftwaffe were tumbling over the city of London. I rushed downstairs to see my mum ready to leave. It is not surprising it has happened every night for a long time. We left the house and scrambled our way to the underground it was so full that you couldn’t hear yourself shout. Most of what you could hear was the bombing. This would not have happened if it wasn’t for the imbecile, Adolf Hitler. The only thing that can slow him down is the Spitfire.
As i slowly crept into bed i thought about the past year.The noise was so sudden but then i noticed it was the air-raid sirens going off and i felt a tingerling feeling as the cries and scream’s echoed in my head.
I calmed Dotty down,grabbed our gas masks and ran down stairs.
Ma and Pa were already there.Ma took Dotty and we all ran out the door.It was cold in the shelter but we huddled together and we were alright.
The thing that sent a tear down my cheek was not knowing when it would end.
I rubbed my heavy eyes as I slowly crept to bed.As I closed my eyes an intolerable noise came aloud,it could only be one thing.An air raid siren
I sprinted swiftly to the nearest underground station which was stuffed with people,old and young.The bombs were loud and scary. The underground was damp and bitterly cold.I hate this whole thing about war.It’s disrupting me and everyone’s daily lives.I could have been with my friends playing in the park,hanging out at the beach and having a girls night.The adults can do better,right?
As I closed my eyes and snuggled down into bed I heard a loud siren. I jumped out of bed, grabbed my gas mask and dashed downstairs to find the rest of my family heading for the door.
I put my gas mask on and followed the rest of my family out of the house. Our dog Flossie could probably tell we were worried so she came with us. We quickly ran to the nearest train station which was now very crowded. I think it was Kentish Town station. But when we arrived I remembered how safe we were.
END!
Today was absolutely horrible ,as soon as I got into my soft bed and closed my eyes I heard an air raid siren my mum and dad called me and my brothers to get our blankets and get to the train station NOW!!!!!!!!! So we ran to Kentish Town train station we got there and it was packed with hundreds of people I looked around for a few minuets until I found a space and mum said we should be safe for now. That was a big relive what can I say tomorrows another day . until next time.