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[…]BWell I was very little but I do remember bombs, yes yes.SRDo you think that affected your future at all?JBNo. Not at all I think I was too young and of course since then I've learnt a lot about the warbut I don't think it affected me noSRAnd tell me about your familyJBI had a brother who is determi[…]
[…]saying that I said that rural Alaska was so blue blooded ly exclusive, that even the Duke of Norfolk can't get in without a letter from his probation officer. And he wouldn't say it. He thought it was an absolute insult to the royal family. And anyway, but I owe money on it. And so I didn't mind tha[…]
[…] difference, you just go on a ship, I mean, the ship was just a complete revelation to me, between the wardroom and the lower deck and with the petty officers and the buffers in between, um, you had it absolutely there. And of course, I became pretty radical. Socialist as a result of this, that was […]
[…]ent. I didn’t immediately take it. In fact I re,rejected it. And, mm, and then Mr Cushman saw, [Pause] Brian Shemmings, Brian Shemmings saw the other officers and they said they thought it would be a good thing if I took it.Mm.And, mm, a good thing for the company and a good thing for the union.Yes.[…]
