- Contributed by
- Genevieve
- People in story:
- Alvin Mansfield
- Location of story:
- Hayes, Middlesex
- Background to story:
- Civilian
- Article ID:
- A5390363
- Contributed on:
- 30 August 2005
In retrospect I was very lucky.
You get sort of an incantation - names of places that you remember. I remember one particular road called ‘Hurstfield Crescent’ that’s where the doodle bug dropped. It sticks in your mind, and when people tell you, you think “Oh yes, I remember that”.
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the 91ȱ Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Alvin Mansfield and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
See more of Alvin's stories:
- School Shifts
- Just imagine the headlines!
- Underground tunnels
- Keep going, keep going…
- The Evacuation Line
- An extra egg
- What an anti-climax!
- Swaps
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