- Contributed by听
- Genevieve
- People in story:听
- Jim Thomas
- Location of story:听
- London/Churchstoke (the latter being in Shropshire.)
- Background to story:听
- Civilian Force
- Article ID:听
- A5999368
- Contributed on:听
- 03 October 2005
During the war I was made to work for the police force in London. One night, I was having dinner and was approached by a couple of colleagues who, knowing that I was from Shropshire asked me if I had ever seen an egg! Quite taken aback by this I of course said yes, and proceeded to tell them that I had also seen chickens,which lay the eggs. The policemen were from London, and like most city folk of the time had no experience of country life. They then asked me if when I went on leave back to Shropshire I could bring them back some eggs. After explaining that they were hard to come by I explained that I would try my best, knowing full well that my aunty in Churchstoke-who I stayed with whilst on leave actually kept chickens. Fortunately for the London police force I managed to scrounge some off her and on my return they caused much amusement among my workmates and were like goldust when trying to bargain for items which were difficult to get hold of during the time. I was heralded a hero!
Now,if you can imagine the excitement these eggs caused caused you should have seen the men's reaction when I tried to explain to them how the eggs came from the chicken!
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