John Nichol

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413 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 27 Jul

John Nichol’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Dan Snow's History Hit · The Blitz Beyond London · 27 Jul 2026 podcast

Everybody fell asleep.

And it was quite dark.

And both of them said there was no noise.

There was no flash of light.

All that they can remember is waking up amidst dust.

And Stanley said he was half hanging off a bed.

He was bleeding.

And Millie, who was about 10, 15 yards away, said her school friend was pulling her, trying to get her off the bunk and said, we've got to get out.

We've got to get out.

And that was so in the seconds after the blast had gone off and people had been killed and the building had come apart.

And then they said, and then the screaming started and then the shouting started.

And they were buried in the rubble.

And Millie, who was, what had been, what, 13 then?

13.

So she was one of the older ones.

She said the kids were holding on to her.

They didn't know what was happening.

There was an arid shelter warden, Ellen Lee, a legendary figure I have since discovered.

An 18 stone lady, Dan, who were trapped and barged a wall down.

ran into a wall like a rugby player, a forward, barged the wall down, got round to one side and dug through some of the rubble and then the rescue workers were appearing.

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