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We lived in Saffron Walden in Essex . Two American pilots were billeted with my Mother. I remember one of them was called Johnny Silver. At this time I was only three years of age, so these are very early memories indeed.
We moved to Bishop鈥檚 Stortford in Hertfordshire, and the house had a cellar which we used as an air raid shelter. My Mother fell down the stairs one day having been tripped up by our 鈥淪cotty鈥� dog.Another person I recall was Mr Brooks, who was manager of Sparrows Department store, which is now Pearsons.
One vivid memory is that we were down to our last egg which had been preserved in isinglass.
Eventually we moved down to Portsmouth but not before the American pilots had said goodbye by flying low over our garden.
Arriving in Portsmouth we had a ride in an open topped tram, and marvelled at the bomb damage. We suffered doodlebug attacks, usually in the early morning.
My Father was a journalist and was sent to Belsen concentration camp to report on the terrible events there.
My Grandfather had a model tank which was used by the Homeguard for demonstration purposes.
On my Fathers return he brought home tea! And we had some food parcels arrive from America. I saw my first flying boat in Portsmouth, a Short Sunderland which impressed me greatly.
The end of the war I remember was marked by our return to Dunmow, and we all went to see Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, the popular Radio ventriloquist, who performed at the Folkes Hall in Dunmow.

Glyn Joyce

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