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I was born in May 1936, but obviously have no memories of the Abdication which happened later that year.
One of my earliest memories is of being seated on my "potty" calling to my Mum!! It was a Sunday morning and she and Dad and my two brothers were standing in the kitchen listening to the radio. It was about eleven o'clock and they were very attentive to the announcement that was being made. All I knew at the time was that I wanted Mum to come and sort me out!
Later I knew that it was the declaration of war that had held their attention.
It had no interest for me, but later on when Dad and Uncle Phil started to dig a big whole in the garden, I became much more interested. A lorry delivered lots of corrugated iron sheets to the front of the house and these were assembled into an air-raid shelter, which became a wonderful playhouse for me and my friends when it was completed.
More later.

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