Dolly's War (2015)
“I would have liked my parents to have left Forest Gate also, but my father was a front-line soldier, he loved his home, the danger, to him, was less painful than having to live in someone else’s house, even though that someone else was a daughter.
I was deeply shocked at Marjorie’s appearance. She had changed from a bright, attractive, healthy-looking girl into a thin, worried, delicate-looking woman. Living in the peace and plenty of the countryside I expected to see her blooming. Of cours...e I hadn’t realised that because she was only receiving a small army allowance she had been forced to find a job. Her allotment had been increased to about 27s. when her baby had been born and the doctor advised her to apply for extra as she couldn’t work with a baby to care for. An old chap had arrived to enquire into her circumstances, rather an aggressive type Marjorie felt, and because she had no debts or hire purchase payments she was granted an extra 2s. per week!MoreLess
I was deeply shocked at Marjorie’s appearance. She had changed from a bright, attractive, healthy-looking girl into a thin, worried, delicate-looking woman. Living in the peace and plenty of the countryside I expected to see her blooming. Of cours...e I hadn’t realised that because she was only receiving a small army allowance she had been forced to find a job. Her allotment had been increased to about 27s. when her baby had been born and the doctor advised her to apply for extra as she couldn’t work with a baby to care for. An old chap had arrived to enquire into her circumstances, rather an aggressive type Marjorie felt, and because she had no debts or hire purchase payments she was granted an extra 2s. per week!MoreLess
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