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Towards the end of the war, my Mother was employed by the Great Central Railway as a porter on the station in Great Central Street and on one occasion, I went to meet her and we were to go home together after she had finished her shift. Whilst waiting around on the platform, a very lengthy train pulled in, when it had stopped, all the doors suddenly banged open and out got hundreds of American soldiers, I stood there in bewilderment, eyes agog and mouth wide open. I stood in the middle of the platform and the soldiers passed either side of me and then one or two started to give me some sweets and chewing gum but I took the initiative and began calling, 鈥淎ny Gum Chum鈥� I got many laughs but lots and lots of candy. It was of course the commencement of the 鈥楧鈥� day landings operation when troops were initially dispatched to all parts of the country.

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