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I was in my last year of training at the Royal London Hospital when war broke out.

I was moved to the Royal Masonic Hospital at Hammersmith in 1941, which experianced the worst of the London blitz and lasted every night for 3 to 4 months.

It didn't stop us going out, we just hoped for the best.

I can clearly remember the awful fires and the total devistation of huge areas of bombing, much of it residential.

Travelling by tube was the safest way. One night my train was stopped because of the bombing so a very kind station master let me sleep on a coach in his little office, and even bought ne a cup of tea in the morning.

At least the bombing eased of a little bit the next day and I felt like a holiday so I headed of to my parents home in the Hampshire countryside.

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