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There didn鈥檛 seem to be any trouble with travel and transport where I was. The trains were all running just the same. Half the troops that were on these trains didn鈥檛 pay any fare.

I remember ticket collectors coming around and he said 鈥渁ll genuine tickets please鈥�. He said that because I remember at night time, coming out of the gates when it was dark, chaps would be trying to find cigarette cartons, bits of paper, anything they could find - to hand in as a ticket. They didn鈥檛 say anything though.

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Herbert Lewis and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

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