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- wxmcommunitystudio
- People in story:Ìý
- Evelyn Atkinson, David Atkinson
- Location of story:Ìý
- Lancashire
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A9020314
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 31 January 2006
My name is Evelyn Atkinson. I’m 99 now, and I’ll be 100 on February 14th.
My husband got called up, and I was left with a baby. He was only about ten weeks old when he got called up. I was living in Lancashire at the time, living near Burnley. And the baby was five when my husband came back (for good). He did used to come home now and again, though, so David, my son, did know him a little.
My husband was based in a little town in Scotland. He was all over Scotland, then he went to Holland to serve. I’m afraid my memories going a bit now!
He was in the RMC, the medical corps. He went over to Holland, but he saw active service in other places too. Terrible times, weren’t they?
Back at home, I was looking after the baby. That was hard, but it was hard for everybody, wasn’t it? Where we were living was a bit grim. Dark at night and all that, with the blackouts.
And I think that’s about all I can remember now.
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