When I was 12, a cousin of mine returned home to Birkenhead from India, where he had served in the Army from 1924 until 1932. During his first stroll around the town since leaving, he told me that at times he thought he’d lost his way because so many familiar sights from his boyhood had […]
I WAS a child of three when the Second World War started, but I have vivid memories of that time. I remember my sister being born in Upney Hospital, Barking, and then being driven with them to Harlow to be evacuated while the bombing raids were heavy. After a short stay with a lovely lady, […]