I consider myself very fortunate to have lived through that period and to have witnessed what I did. Yes there were some frightening moments but mostly very exciting, don’t forget that I was 8. Somebody once asked me if it seemed unusual to me, but I said that that was life at the time and I knew no different so it was normal life as far as I was concerned.
We had things in the village that a lad could only dream of today. German aircraft that had come down in the area were collected in an old yard across the road, no doubt so they could be examined. We had soldiers in the village who manned the old 12inch naval guns which were mounted on railway units to be used on the German invaders if they tried. We had great fun lining ourselves up with these guns when they were test fired in order that we could hear the shells pass over us. Scrounge cigarettes from the soldiers, etc, etc etc.
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