From the Flats to the Fens
celebrations and fireworks that celebrated VE day held in the town centre of Henley and going into the town that evening with the daughter and son-in- law of the Morris’s, the son-in-law worked for Stuart Turner one of the largest employers in town who were engaged in the manufacture of water pumps etc. Soon after in June we all returned to London and I somehow recall taking a kitten back with me and meeting my mother in a reception centre in Kennington, I don’t recall what happened to the kitten, I don’t think my mother was particularly enthralled by it. I only wish that I could remember more of my war time escapades as I have been always amazed when I see and hear people being interviewed in the media, they being of a similar age to myself or younger who lived through the war years and seem to have immediate recall about a host of events and every little detail that occurred to them, and other associates during this period of their life, I’m afraid I’m slightly sceptical about their long term memory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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