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There was an American soldiers camp near where I went to school in Pontllanfraith secondary school and out of curiosity I went up there 鈥� I didn鈥檛 go to school I went up there one day鈥nd said 鈥渁ny gum chum鈥� and the American soldier gave me a packet of gum and asked me if I knew where he could get some cakes. And I told him I could get cakes down the bottom of the street so he gave me ten shillings and I went down and got these cakes for him which cost round about ninepence to a shilling 鈥� which was five pence today 鈥� and I took them back to him and he gave me the change which was a lot of money! So I went up the next day and the next day and the next day and I鈥檓 not saying that I had a lot of money every day鈥ut every day I had money and of course, I was a naughty boy I used to smoke aswell and I used to have cigarettes 鈥� oh yes 鈥� and anyway it went on for about three months and one day the school bobbyman鈥ho was about in them days鈥�.went to my house to see where I was and I had to go back to school on the following Monday. And I was pretty badly punished for it so..but it was worth it in the long run.

The American soldiers were very friendly, and I used to enjoy the way they talked. And they gave me cigarettes, not one, packets, packet of gum, packet of cigarettes. I mean the yanks that was the saying wasn鈥檛 it: overpaid, oversexed and overhere. Money was no object to them.

I also remember the powdered egg we used to eat. Powdered egg was wonderful 鈥� in fact we鈥檝e got a tin of powdered egg in the house now鈥nd its lovely. Powdered egg was beautiful 鈥ou just mixed it with water and it turned out like an omelette or pancake 鈥� I mean kids today wouldn鈥檛 want to know it I don鈥檛 think but we used to enjoy it鈥ou had nothing else! I mean in them days if you had a banana that was a real luxury

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