My childhood was traumatic, sad,
and the traumatic side of it
in 1941, which was
I was born in Liverpool.
We lived in the centre of Liverpool,
being bombed pretty much nightly
by the German Luftwaffe.
After a couple of years my family
which was also being bombed.
So my earliest memories
My actual earliest memory is
I was about 3 years old, I guess,
guided bombs, and the funny
they made a funny noise,
it meant the bomb was pretty much
and was coming downwards.
And at that point, we as a family,
which was the most solid bit of furniture
and we would wait for the huge bang
I can remember one night when,
and the following day
and seeing a house a little bit further
which had been demolished.
So those are my memories,
London Underground overnight.
Those are my earliest memories,
The trauma and the sadness
in at that stage because, pardon me,
when everybody was cheering and
my parents had a huge row
My mother left and I never saw or
A year after that,
I developed a,
which took me into
and in an isolation hospital with no
with other children and
unconscious for most of
So very sad, very traumatic,
was ill, in hospital,
into care by the London County Council.
And shortly after that, my father died.
So the London County Council
for the next 10 years,
I reached my 18th birthday,
when my childhood ceased
And at that point,
was the point at which
