- Contributed by听
- A7431347
- People in story:听
- Colin Theobold
- Location of story:听
- Maidstone
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A6029075
- Contributed on:听
- 05 October 2005
I was living in Maidstone and I was about seven.
It was near the end of the war. There was a convoy of American soldiers outside All Saints Church and we shouted
"Have you got any gum chum?" and they threw us packets of chewing gum.
That was great because we couldn't get many sweets and chewing gum in them days. It was marvellous that!
This story was submitted to the People's War Site by Terry Cleaver and Helena Noifeld of 大象传媒 Radio Kent and has been added to the website on behalf of Colin Theobold with his permission and he fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
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