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This story is typed on behalf of E. M. Bridle, it is her and her mother's story

Having been rescued from Dunkirk, a group of soldiers, I think they were Canadians, were marched from Castle Station to the field at the back of the nursery (Wallace Road Nursery), where they were left in some distress. My mother went to every house in Raeburn road and asked everyone for 陆 lb of flour and a teaspoon of tea. I was sent to the baker in Junction road to buy yeast. I can not quite remember but I think it was donated by the baker when I told him why I wanted it. I then spent the rest of the day making bread and putting it in cake times to bake. She was a very good cook and was teaching me, I was 13. As soon as it was cooked, it was sliced and spread with lard, margarine and dripping, again given by neighbours. Tea was made in the largest pots from different people, with tinned sweetened milk. The soldiers were so grateful, many id them did not have soles on their boots. People then invited them into their homes for baths. At that time water for baths and washing was heated in a copper (gas) in the kitchen. Although many people in Raeburn Rd co-operated I think my mother should get recognition for seeing a need and organising it. I was taught by my parents that if you see a need it is your responsibility to respond.

EM Bridle.

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