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Crops and love bloom at Ombersley

During The Second World War we lived at Sarah House, Boreley, near Ombersley.

My father was a market gardener and took his produce to Birmingham market nearly

every day. Mother was fully occupied with keeping house and looking after the

family, she employed a maid to assist her.

Father employed Prisoners of War.

Father employed Italian Prisoners of War; they lived at our farm in a shed specially

equipped for them. They worked on Father鈥檚 land and had plenty of fruit and

vegetables at their disposal to supplement their food rations. They made wooden

toys for me in their spare time; they had learned how to create such things using a

small penknife and other very basic tools. I liked these hand made toys, they were

unlike any from the limited range available at toy shops. POW Uniform.

Father also had a German Prisoner of War named August, who told us that he had

shaken hands with Adolph Hitler during the war on the Fuhrer鈥檚 birthday (20th

April). August married a local girl later, who lived at Dough Bank; they lived

together for over thirty years until he retired and moved to Droitwich.

A.J.S.

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