Archive for December, 2008

My aunt’s lock up Shop

December 30, 2008

The author recalls his aunt’s lock up shop, post war rationing, the wonderful aroma of unwrapped foods and an effective homemade burglar alarm blog-lock-up-shop3

The East Leeds Soldier who looked up from his trench on the Somme and saw his mother

December 1, 2008

blog-pte-allenThe author, Eric Allen. tells the tale of his distant relation, Private Allen, who looked up from his trench on the Somme and saw his mother passing by.