大象传媒

I was just 6 years old when the war ended and my parents took my older brother and myself to London on the evening of VE Day. Until this time for most of my short life all lights had to be hidden at night but on this occassion there were lights everywhere. One of the places we visited was the lake in St.James'Park and all round were fountains which were lit up in all different colours. I had never seen anything like it and to me at the time it seemed as if I was in fairyland.

We then walked to Trafalgar Square which was crowded with people. The fountains here were again floodlit and in one of them, in a small rubber dinghy were three sailors. The next thing I knew I was lifted into the boat and taken for a sail round the fountain. It is a memory that has stayed with me all this time.

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