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All the shops in Grays had something military in the window, e.g. toy soldiers. We knew someone who worked at Woolworth鈥檚; they had put pictures of the military in the window. My dad was in the Navy and my dad was in a photo right in the middle. I stood there looking at it, and this old man and women said 鈥淭hat鈥檚 a handsome sailor there!鈥� I nearly said that it was my dad but didn鈥檛 (I was only 8 years old).
Mum worked at Thames Board Mills, so I stayed at my nans鈥� house most days. I was playing down the alley when mother came rushing up 鈥淨uick!鈥� she said 鈥淗urry up your father鈥檚 home!鈥� and wiped my face with spit on a hanky. We rushed up the High Street and got to the railway crossing and saw dad walking towards us. I ran up to him and he grabbed me and threw me straight up high in the air.

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