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Before we went out abroad to fight we were staying in a hosiery factory in Nottingham. My friend had a wife in Leicester, I used to say to him do you want to go and see your wife today? He was a bit quiet, he鈥檇 say 鈥渨e can鈥檛 go we鈥檙e not allowed鈥� but I鈥檇 say 鈥渃ome on lets go AWOL鈥�. We鈥檇 get down from Shakespeare Street to Trent Bridge then we鈥檇 get a lift to the A46 and onto Leicester. They鈥檇 meet up then I鈥檇 meet them in the local pub after and we鈥檇 come back, so I met her a few times.
He was sent out abroad but I wasn鈥檛 going yet, before he went he said 鈥淚 don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 going to make it through this鈥� I said he would, he鈥檇 be coming back ok. But he said if he didn鈥檛 would I go and see his wife.
He died when he was out there and when I came back I was visiting the family of my ex fianc茅 (she鈥檇 met someone during the war but we were still friendly) and they lived just down the road from this woman.
One night we were heading down to the social club / pub and we passed her house so I knocked on the door and let them go on without me.
I saw her a few times and in the end we got married.

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