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I was born in Southampton in December 1939 3 months after the outbreak of WW2.
I have the following very definite memories of the war years although I am unable to put dates to them.
1. Air raid sirens and going into the air raid shelter in my parents garden.
2. An air raid warden shouting through a loud hailer when a chink of light showed through the blackout curtains as they weren't closed properly.
3. My father coming home on leave and being scared of him as I didn't recognise that this soldier was my Dad. Also my Mum crying on Southampton station when he went back to the war at the end of his leave.
4. Going with my Mum to visit my Dad in Barrhead hospital in Scotland and the train being full of soldiers.
5. My father bringing a young soldier he was stationed with home for a cup of tea and finding out on my Dad's next leave that the young soldier had been killed.
6. My Dad sending home his army sweet ration to me and my being told off for eating too many at once.
7. Seeing the bombed out shops and buildings in Southampton High Street.
8. Americans in jeeps and calling out 'got any gum chum' and then my mother not letting me eat it.
9. VE night bonfires on Southampton Sports Centre.
10. The day my Dad was demobbed, waiting for his taxi to turn up and Mum cooking his tea. Probably the best meal he had tasted in a long time.

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