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Before the invasion the local farm and our local builders yard (which was my grandfather's) were taken over by the Army for preparation for the invasion. My memories are of the boys sleeeping in the oast house, they had tents in the orchard, army lorries and equipment and guns in our yard, as well as the cookhouse. And my memory is of smelling all the roast meat: chicken, beef, pork,they had that we never had during the war. The strongest memory is smelling the chocolate swiss roll coming out of the oven - it must have been a yard long. And there were several of them. And when they were cooled and rolled they put real chocolate butter icing in them. Real chocolate - not cocoa.You didn't see much chocolate during the war. Not many sweets and chocolate was the rarest. And because I was small they gave me a big hunk to take home to my Mum, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa. My Grandpa, George Edwards, had a very sweet tooth...

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