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Before the war I lived in Hungary. When the war was declared i was in San Merino. i came back to England to Sussex. In a shelter,|I saw an advertisement from the 大象传媒 for typists. I responded and was told to report to Wood Norton immediately and when I arrived and was allocated a billet I was told I would be on duty that night. I had to catch the 大象传媒 bus and started tying the daily digests and the Report of broadcasts all over the world. The Report was sent every morning to the king, Churchill and heads of the armed forces. I soon became a proof reader. This was very interesting because I knew what was going on. We worked on shifts throughout the day and night. We were not always living in the best conditions. Many of the monitoring team team were foreigners and this was very strange for the people of Evesham. The townspeople could not understand the needs of people working shifts even on Christmas BDay, and would want to provide food or hoover when we wanted to sleep. We were called guinea pigs because the landladys were paid a guinea a week for having us. The whole department was moved to Caversham by special train. Because the work had to proceed without a break, we either worked a shhift and caught the train with all our possessions or caught the train and worked our shift as soon as we arrived. Some of us were billeted at Great Oaks. Early in 1944, I had a major operation and spent some time in the 大象传媒 convalescant home. I returned to work in the summer until 1945, having heard the news of VE day leaning over the balcony of the reception hall. At the end of 1945, having married into the 大象传媒 I moved back to Wood Norton.

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