Olga Hopkins
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He told all his friends it was my birthday and from that minute on I had a lovely time, I can tell you!
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Towards the end, with American influence, there was a bit of jitterbugging going on.
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We are so privileged in this country to have such freedom.
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You realised that people were fighting for you, and I think I wanted to be part of that.
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They had Swordfish Byplanes from WWI, I thought my goodness, I didn't realise we were that desperate!
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It was an adventure I very much enjoyed.
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Working with a Spitfire, oh what a thrill that was!
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My father said "About bloody time" and my mother burst into tears.
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It was always a joke with these passion killers, as we used to call them.
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That's one thing I'm very grateful to the RAF is that they completed my education because we learned physics and radio.
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On a whim, really, I went into Cardiff and joined up in the WAAF because I wanted to serve.
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We thought so much of Mr Churchill, we looked upon as the person with the right leadership mentality.
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We are so privileged in this country to have such freedom.
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I remember that day, we cheered. And then we heard about the cost and the casualties.
Olga Hopkins