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I was evacuated to a farm in Monmouth when I was 5, and I loved every minute of it. My family used to come and visit me at weekends. I was there for about 4 years.

There were German and Italian POWs on the farm, and every morning I used to go and collect them, and we'd work all day. I got 拢1 for a weekend's work.

The Italian, Vittore Evradi, taught me an Italian song [which I can still sing today]. He was from Naples.

The German was called Kurt Becker, and he came from Hanover. He was a big, strong man, and he had quite a lot of fun with local girls in the haystacks!

At harvest time I helped to cut the wheat, cut by the binder, and put it into stooks.

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