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One thing we did have a lot of during the occupation was that houses were empty and the gardens sometimes had strawberries and raspberries and fruit, and we鈥檇 go and help ourselves to these delicacies, if you like. One day there were these apple trees, again by Le Manoir in the Forest, and I thought well, the Germans were all around there, I thought they are going to take all the apples. I thought I would help myself to some apples, but they weren鈥檛 quite ripe and I ate some and I was as sick as a dog. And the trouble was, you see in those days we didn鈥檛 have the medication, and I know I was ill for several weeks, in fact my mother was quite worried whether I鈥檇 recover and I was in bed I know for a long time. But eventually I did pull round, but medication was something we didn鈥檛 have. I was probably fortunate then, I鈥檝e never eaten a green apple since. One learns these things.
FRED GALLIENNE

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