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At the end of the war Marjorie was 18 and living with her parents and grandparents above a fish and chip shop in Lincoln.

The A1 Fish Shop on Waterside North was a popular place – with long queues forming daily.

She was working as a telephonist at the telephone exchange on Guildhall Street in the war – sometimes working nights.

On the night Lincoln was bombed she was at the Theatre Royal but says - considering the city was surrounded by airfields - they felt lucky there weren’t more bombing raids.

Marjorie enjoyed dancing and went to the Co-op on Free School Lane – waiting at the back of the room to be asked to dance. She used to jive with the servicemen. There were different nationalities there including Poles and Americans. The Americans always had gum and sweets.

When it was announced war was over – everyone was ringing everyone. The switchboard lit up. It was a busy day at work patching the calls through.

She remembers dancing in the street.

Image: Women at the telephone exchange

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