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Will's Early Life

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Contributed by听
oxcloseschool
People in story:听
William Wake
Location of story:听
Sunderland
Background to story:听
Civilian Force
Article ID:听
A4255599
Contributed on:听
23 June 2005

1.How old were you then?
Early 20鈥檚2.
2.How did you cope?
Coped very well even though a bit cared
3.What did you work as or help with?
He worked as a driver for the civil defence. Drove the ambulances for first aid
4.Did you find love/have a love life or have romantic times?
don't know
5.Did anything funny happen?
Well one night during the blackout he drove the ambulance to the hospital to pick up a dead body to the morgue, after they had put it in (with another man that night to work with) both of them decided to have a smoke round the front of the ambulance to have a smoke on a cigarette. While they were having a smoke the two back doors of the ambulance opened and the dead body rolled door the hill they had parked on. When hey got to the morgue they realised that the body ad gone and had a good laugh
6.Did anything bad happen?
Seeing his friends and many strangers die and dead in front of him
7.Did you attempt to pull pranks or cause much trouble?
Don鈥檛 know
8.Did you learn anything or learn your lesson after causing problems?
don't know
9.What was the worst thing that happened?
Seeing his friends and many strangers die and dead in front of him
10.What was the best thing that happened?
There was two thing that happened to him and were the best things that happened too him. First one was when he saved a baby and was delivering many others, the second thing was when he jumped into a huge barrel to save a young boy when he had all of his uniform on and was soaking wet for the rest of his working day.
11.What was the funniest thing that happened?
Well one night during the blackout he drove the ambulance to the hospital to pick up a dead body to the morgue, after they had put it in (with another man that night to work with) both of them decided to have a smoke round the front of the ambulance to have a smoke on a cigarette. While they were having a smoke the two back doors of the ambulance opened and the dead body rolled door the hill they had parked on. When hey got to the morgue they realised that the body ad gone and had a good laugh
12.Where were you during world war two?
Sunderland
13.Were you evacuated?
no!
14.Did you have to leave your hometown or city?
no!

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