大象传媒

At the start of the ar I was an evacuee and fortunately landed in a wonderful household, so i was spared much of the early devastation of London.
I was a very naive 173/4 year old when i was called up and was 21 years of age when ieventually left the A.T.S

I worked in an office, many others were cooks, orderlies, drivers etc.. But on my camp many had to work in the Ammunition Factory - a very hazardous job. Some were with signals, working closely with the Ack-Ack guns and searchlights and these sites were often barren and they had to work at speed in all weathers and could be attacked at any time. Whenever fighting men were required the A.T.S had to fill the gap and they did a wonderful job. I took my hat off to those who worked on these dangerous sites and loss of life was not confined to the fighting soldier.
It was not easy to live among loads of strangers from all over the country, sometimes in unsavoury conditions but they all did their jobs with a good will, everyone helpling each other, comradeship was superb. Until last year i was still in touch with 5 members of my hut but regrettably they too have died and each year there are dozend of A.T.S members listed as having died - soon there will not be any of us left.
I have always said that the A.T.S was a good education as one had to get along with everyone you slept and worked with, you always had to act as a team and it gave everyone more confidence in themselves and turned everyone into good mixers when they returned to civilian life.
So, let us not forget the good work they did and which they were oproud to do to help keep England safe - as did all the other services.

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