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I was a founder member of the A.T.C in 1940 at the age of 17. There were 4 of us all friends together. When I got my call up papers I was 18, but at the medical a doctor, who I had seen when I was 7 with rheumatic fever, refused to let me join the forces; my other friends joined up. At the end of the war 2 of them had been killed and the other had lost a leg.

Eventually I joined the Home Guard. When I was 21 we helped the civil defence in Lincoln. We were at the top of the castle tower with a map of Lincoln under glass, for 2 nights a week. We had to look to see where damage had been done from the bombs. You could see all the planes leave from the various air fields around, then 3 to 4 hours later you saw only a few return. It gave you a very eerie feeling. Even to this day I don't go up the tower in the castle any more.

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