Mr. Loader spoke about being a child during the second world war. He mentioned playing in the bomb sites in Calcott road and all the surrounding roads. He would go out and play with his brother in the areas which had been bombed and make games with the debris left from the attacks. He then went on to briefly talk about the old police station in Calcott road. He said that it used to have an air raid siren on top of the building which was used to warn the whole of Bristol of an attack. He said that the people in the houses on my road and the surrounding ones would be the first to know of a bomb attack because of the time it took for the sound to travel across Bristol. The siren was later removed after the cold war as it was no longer needed. It was really interesting to hear about the significance of my road.
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