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[This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Margaret Jones from Three Counties Action at the Glenn Miller Festival on behalf of Jeremy Cave and has been added to the site with his permission. Mr. Cave fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.]

I led a privileged life life during the War when I went to a fee paying school, St. Christopher’s in Letchworth, which was a vegetarian school and I had a wonderful time. In the Junior School there were rival gangs and I used to meet one friend, and get up to hijinks. I remember the first time sliced bread was delivered to the school — we had never seen sliced bread before and we stole 2 or 3 slices but my friend dropped a slice. The van driver was very upset. The School Council tried boys for misdemeanours. The other boy did not confess but I did. The punishment was bread and water for lunch for a week. I sat at the Headmaster’s table for lunch and the Head’s wife said to me “Never mind Jeremy, if you chew it long enough it will turn to cake.�
Because we were privileged, I was not used to doing without. We had chickens in the garden and I had a boiled egg every day for tea. Once I rebelled and asked whether I had to have a boiled egg. I was told “No, you don’t, you can have bread and water!�

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