Audrey's Story.

They say that everyone has a story to tell, but not many have been told about life in Poole, Hamworthy, and Upton during World War II...and this is Audrey's Story of those times.With most commodities rationed, lawns turned over to growing foodstuffs, and the all-too-frequent air raids on the munitions actory at Holton Heath, life is tough. Enemy Stukka aircraft drop their bombs carelessly when confronted with defence planes, scrambled from nearby Tarrant Rushton, and many hours are spent in the air raid shelters as a result.However, when Audrey's Uncle George attends the St Michael's church fete in Hamworthy, dressed as the infamous Force wheat flakes cereal packet character, Sunny Jim, and a rook circles down from the trees to settle on his shoulder, things start becoming a little strange. Within the hour, another air raid takes place, and an enemy aircraft is shot down, and crashes into one of the Wendy Ann tugs at Poole Quay, and the tragedy is believed to be an omen, brought about by the rook.The rook's appearance seems to trigger off other strange events that Audrey and her family have to confront...but is the bird the omen of bad luck which it is first believed to be?