- Contributed by听
- Pat Conway
- People in story:听
- Harold and Phyllis Holman
- Location of story:听
- Truro, Cornwall
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A4902833
- Contributed on:听
- 09 August 2005
I was born and brought up at Kenwyn Terrace, Trehaverne, Truro and have enjoyed reading entries about Truro during the war. I was born in 1947 but well remember my parents telling me about the excitement of having the Americans in town.
They used to met the Americans down at the City Hotel and it seems they had great nights out before the troops set off for France.
My father was in the home guard, while my mother looked after my two older brothers, born in 1938 and 1940. This meant that although there was a spare room in the house they did not take evacuee children but instead took adults who were working maybe as civil servants at the Min of Ag.
My mother had five sisters. At least one was called up to work in the munitions factories 'up country' and another joined the WAAF. Two married soldiers, and one an airman.
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