Audrey

I soon realised that despite the sadness of the children being away from their families it was an amazingly happy place.

An excellent volunteer with a good social conscious. Thank you for Jo

He worked diligently for many years not only for Welfare Rights but, also for Guide Dogs Associated. Audrey Ellis.

About a day later there was a knock at the door and mum answered it. There was dad in FSMO (Full Service Marching Order), in other words full kit bag, small pack, respirator, ammunition pouches, tin hat, rifle, bayonet and water bottle. I could hardly see him. My first words were *+"Can I look at your rifle please?" so he showed me how to maintain it.

I couldn't go to Grammar School as dad couldn't afford the uniform. I joined the RAF at the age of eighteen. A friend asked me what I was doing during The Battle 0f Britain weekend.

I am trying to give a better understanding regarding what life has been like over the last hundred years. All these stories are precious records regarding how our lives have changed. Please let me know what you think. Audrey-Ellis

We had spent the night in a shelter. The following morning we returned home. As mum was walking she kept repeating "I wonder if our house will still be there!" We discovered that five houses down from our house was a Parachute stuck on a chimney. I think that this was enough for mum. As attached to the Parachute was a bomb. This was enough for my parents as they packed our cases and walked away from our home.

I was in the NAAFI Club. Some sailors had arrived from a Royal Navy ship. They had been sailing the Mediterranean. A young man asked me to dance and then he. asked me to go for a drink. Not long afterwards he asked me to marry him.

I will never change my politics, nothing is perfect and no one is perfect. Life is temporary. Everything around you is temporary, so do what you can. I don't know what will happen tomorrow.

Dad would go shooting if a child had been taken by a wild animal, he would go out and shoot it. We had walls around the houses. Two men, with guns, would always be on guard.