I was interested in David Rowland's article about his wartime childhood (The Argus, June 21).

I remember when the viaduct was bombed. I was going on holiday with my grandmother to Tunbridge Wells and we had to detour by bus to London Road Station.

Another wartime memory was of being machine-gunned on the sports field of what was then Hove County School for Girls in Nevill Road.

We were watching a hockey match when some Nazi planes approached, off-loading some of their bombs (which, I believe, dropped in Aldrington Avenue).

One was being chased by a Spitfire. They flew so low, we saw the faces of the Nazi pilots.

Someone shouted, "lie flat!" and we flung ourselves to the ground.

When they had flown off, we ran inside the school. Afterwards, a number of bullets were found on the playing field but fortunately, nobody was hurt.

I am sure there are others who remember this incident, which has always remained with me.

-Eileen Houton, Shoreham-by-Sea