- Contributed by听
- nottinghamcsv
- People in story:听
- Gerald Humphreys
- Location of story:听
- Carlton Nottingham
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A5551184
- Contributed on:听
- 06 September 2005
"This story was submitted to the People's War site by CSV/大象传媒 Radio Nottingham on behalf of Gerald Humphreys with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions"
My father was a fireman on the L.N.E.R. and the trains were not infrequently machine gunned - they we mostly goods trains. However he found an intriguing way of supplementing our meat ration - he would throw pieces of coal at rabbits which frequented the adjacent embankments. If he downed one he would stop the train and recover it and bring it home for dinner - usually with a black, large dent in it's head. The rabbit was then hung on the close line and skinned for the table. I have never eaten rabbit since!
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