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- Anonymous
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- Essex
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- Civilian
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- A7108337
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- 19 November 2005
NO SURPRISE AT THE OUTBREAK OF WAR
I was actually in a car driven by my parents from Hyams Park, Essex to Epping where my Grandmother and Grandfather lived as we were going to see them.
By the time we reached them the broadcast given by Winston Churchill had already been made at 11 a.m., declaring war with Germany. I seem to remember hearing it in the car.
My parents were not surprised; it wasn鈥檛 a surprise to anyone in those days. It had developed to such an extent that we didn鈥檛 believe a word Hitler said, and we knew it was likely he would take no notice of any strictures we might put into his life, so we were not surprised when he went into Poland. No, it was no real surprise.
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