article_snippet: An 80-year-old neighbour who witnessed the heavy German bombing of East London when An 80-year-old neighbour who witnessed the heavy German bombing of East London when she was a child was a child said: 'It looks like something from the war - it could've been the Blitz. '
article_snippet: But unlike the war I didn't go climbing over the rubble like I would've done when I was a kid. '
article_snippet: Somehow I managed to sleep right through it too
article_snippet: but it must've been a terrible noise.'
highlights_snippet: Elderly neighbours claimed the disaster reminded Elderly neighbours of 'The Blitz' 