The sound of an air-raid siren was the signal for May Clements to interrupt her housework and take shelter in the air-raid shelter – on this occasion, our Cross-Corners venue.
Appropriately for Armistice Day, May Clements (alias Sandra Moore) entertained the audience of 21 with an insight to the lives – and gossip – of a family from London’s East End living in Leicester during the Second World War. Gleaned from May’s personal reminiscences of family, friends and acquaintances, Sandra gave a very entertaining (and convincing) account of May’s life in 1940’s Leicester. The “all clear” siren was the signal for May to resume her housework, and for the audience to enjoy the (non-rationed) refreshments (thanks to Jane and Chloe who were on the refreshment table) and to chat about their own – or their relatives – memories of the that time.