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Show LE LIE ERIC TEA DALE ugu t 16 2001 m th r. And h went there with her. And they got married. And he s still married to h r. W went to see them. We went and stayed with them. The other girl, Jan, his ex-wife, has met another American, and he's taken her to Hawaii. So one is in Hawaii, the other is in Florida. My daughter is here, and we're here. We've got four grandchildren, four grandsons, and one granddaughter that's getting married next month. WIN: Really? Well, that's quite an epic journey you've made in your life. LES: How does that compare with other people's stories of the war? WIN: Well, it's certainly different. LES: I've been asked to go to schools, local schools. A neighbor across the road told them that I am an ex-prisoner, and I was in the British gth Army. And they asked me to go and talk to these children there, which I have done. I told you I'd been in the police in London. I was a Special because, as I told you in the first place, I wanted to go in the police. When I came out after the war I couldn't. I was too old to go in the police, but I could be a Special. They are volunteer policemen that go out on crowd control and traffic control. And I got into that easy. And, so, one day the Beatles came to Wimbledon to the Paliee de Dance. And they called out all the Specials to guard them. And I enjoyed that. I didn't talk to them. They came right across, about two foot away from us, and one was pushing the other and saying, "Go John, get in." They were going into the back to get away from the crowd. And they were all pushing each other to get in there quick. Now, I've got to get onto something else. I was down at the Sizzler one day, and they had 48 |
