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Belfast Blitz survivor Esther recalls night she saved her family from bomb-hit home

A woman whose home crumbled around her during the Belfast Blitz has spoken of the moment she helped save her family from the wreckage. Esther Fyffe was just eight years old when her home in north Belfast, which she shared with her mother and younger brother, was bombed. Share Go To More than a thousand people were killed in Belfast when three air raids on the city were carried out by the Luftwaffe in 1941. The 83-year-old vividly recalled how her mother made desperate attempts to protect her family from the bombs and incendiary devices which rained down on the city for hours. As part of the ongoing tributes to mark the 75th anniversary of the Blitz, Mrs Fyffe spoke of the events that...

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