My grandmother returned from being a prisoner of War for three years in WW1. My father said that he was like a skeleton when he came home and that he had breathing problems because he been gassed in the trenches. He had lived mainly on cabbages. The Nazis burst into the classroom where my boyfriend was studying. He had hoped to become a lawyer. All the students were taken to a concentration camp. He managed to escape. My father worked as a Loom Over looker which was a very important job.. Another interesting fact is that he wove the cone that was to go inside He was called up and became a stoker in the Navy. nose of the Concord. I worked with Eric Sykes father. He to had a great sense of humour. We went to London to see Eric. He was very deaf.