A Family's Duty
“It would have been perfect, he reflected, were it not for the ongoing invasion from the air, the wave upon wave of Messerschmitts flying over from a conquered Europe to the southern shores of England, to be met by the Royal Air Force, the young, newly trained men piloting Spitfires and Hurricanes which met machine-gunning with machine-gunning, so that aircraft from both sides went nose-diving down into the sea or hit the ground, where they usually burst into flames. People looked up from the st...reets of London or the green countryside of Kent, Essex and Sussex to see the ‘dog-fights’ overhead, holding their breath to see whether the aircraft with the swastika or the concentric circles on its wings would fall to earth. Or both.
Ernest was visiting his father and the family at 47 Rectory Road, though Devora had hoped he would join her and the family on a picnic. A houseful of teenagers on their summer holidays was not easy to manage, especially now that Ayesha was getting asthmatic attacks quite frequently.MoreLess
Ernest was visiting his father and the family at 47 Rectory Road, though Devora had hoped he would join her and the family on a picnic. A houseful of teenagers on their summer holidays was not easy to manage, especially now that Ayesha was getting asthmatic attacks quite frequently.MoreLess
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