Albert Lee aged 17 was in the shelter and survived the disaster.
"My mother (Ellen Lee) was the ARP warden in charge of Wilkinson's air raid shelter. So, naturally we used the shelter every time there was a raid on. That night I was in the shelter with Hilda, my sister.
We were sitting on the bunks in Room No 1. The shelter had a lot of people in it but it was fairly quiet, no music, just people chatting. When the bomb hit I heard a dull 'bonk' sound. Then everything went black and people started screaming. I shouted 'Don't strike a bloody match' - I was thinking there might have been a gas leak.
I'm immensely proud of what my mother did...
And then my mother told everyone to follow her torch light. The exit was blocked but she just shoulder charged the wall until it gave way. She got over 30 people out. I was unharmed but my sister was in a bad way: she had a big wound in her side and a broken arm and leg. My father didn't even recognise her when he came to Kettlewell school where the injured were taken. The woman sitting opposite me...well, there wasn't much left of her."
Mr Albert Lee: 2000
"Once we got outside my mother told me to run home and fetch her first aid box and some clothes - her dress had been burned off in the explosion. She was incredible, didn't think about herself she just worried about the injured and those still in the shelter. She stayed at her duty from the start to the end, despite her own injuries.
Even after 60 years I am immensely proud of what she did that night. I can't understand why she didn't win a medal for her bravery - she deserved one."