- Contributed by听
- sarahbateson
- People in story:听
- Lilian Giles
- Location of story:听
- Kennington and East London
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4119509
- Contributed on:听
- 26 May 2005
Submitted by Alex Crawford on behalf of Mrs. Giles:
I remember being here on VE Day. Everyone was dancing and singing up through Piccadilly. My father was sailor and he didn't come home until 1946. I had lots of uncles in the war too.
I enjoyed the war. I know I shouldn't say it and it was an awful thing to happen but I was young.
We had very little, but none of us were hungry so we used to get a couple of ounces of everything a week. The sweets weren't even rationed at the beginning, you just couldn't get them. That's why I've still got my teeth I suppose!
We used to go up to wherever my father's ship came in, including Grimsby, and we made friends up there. Week would stay there for a week or two if he was on leave.
I was engaged to chap in the Merchant Navy but we fell out and I didn't marry him til I was 56! It was in the papers! He and I had been married before but we met up again and got married in five weeks.
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