- Contributed by听
- Bemerton Local History Society
- People in story:听
- John 鈥淭oby鈥 Downer
- Location of story:听
- Salisbury, Wilts
- Background to story:听
- Civilian Force
- Article ID:听
- A7714271
- Contributed on:听
- 12 December 2005
When I left school I was apprenticed to a motor car paint sprayer in the Devizes Road, getting about 5 bob a week. But when I went drinking with the boys on Saturday night I couldn鈥檛 keep up with them 鈥 so I joined the railway and my money went up to 拢2 a week! I worked on the railway all through the War.
When I was a fireman on the Waterloo to Exeter line, through Salisbury, we were machine gunned regularly 鈥 we just used to duck! It was just one of those things 鈥 we didn鈥檛 take any notice. When the sirens first started at the beginning of the War people used to rush, but after a bit they took no notice.
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