Cllr Alan Dowson talks of his memories of bomb testing at Christmas Island
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00:00We were taken down to the beach on the island, told to wear a long carcass trouser rather
00:10than shorts, not flip-flops, and a shirt with your sleeves down.
00:15Sat on the beach with your back towards the bus.
00:20The bus went off and then you felt the heat on your back and you had no covering, you
00:29had your hands in front of you so you saw all the bones in your hands and then you could
00:39stand up after a minute and look at the glowing hydrogen bomb going off.