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WAR BRIDES 1939 - 1945

In 1940 we were wed and times were very hard,
Just to get your rations, you had to have a card,
You got a tiny piece of cheese, some butter and, some bread,
Bananas, pears and peaches were memories in your head,
And, if you were so lucky, as to be first in the queue, you'd buy some bones and scrag end
and, make a lovely stew,
Spam, dried eggs and powdered milk were things not seen before,
But somehow tasty meals appeared and, people asked for more,
You had to dig your lawn up, to plant your spuds and beans,
'Cos radio doctors' orders was to fill yourself with greens,
When you woke up in the morning, you never knew for sure, if you'd be a Hitler victim, now your country was at war,
You hurried to the shelter in the middle of the night, bombs falling all around you, it
was not a pretty sight,
There were tears and lots of heartache, as you
kissed your kids goodbye,
As they left for safer places, no-one wanted them to die,
You huddled round your radio to hear the latest news, or suddenly dropped everything
to join the endless queues,
Old pots and pans and metal gates, collected at your door, no refusal was allowed - your country was at war,
When melted down they helped to build a sub, a plane a tank, hopefully replacing those the
wretched Nazis sank,
The Doodle Bugs came over, they filled you full of fear, when engines stopped their bleating, you knew they'd crash too near,
War left so many empty chairs, demolished many homes, but noses to the grindstone left little
time for moans,
There were many separations and, re-unions filled with pain, for when you waved your man off, would he come back home again?
And, although all wars are horrid, and cause
sorrow and much pain, you find folks pull together and, that sunshine follows rain,
So all you folks who married, when your country was at war, just enjoy each celebration,
be it fifty years or more.

Pat Smith age 88(widow - husband fought in RAF)
Weston Super Mare
(scribed by Dawn Adams and, can be contacted through myself)
duney@telco4u.net

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