Practice, practice, practice
NextBack“We had practice drills on some Sunday mornings and sometimes Norman Terry would come and watch. He was known to give the Captain a ten bob note for drinks all round at the Warwick Arms.”
“Around this time I was also working at Terry's Springs and Pressings. We had to work shifts, from 6am - 2pm and from 2pm - 10pm. I can remember the night that Coventry was bombed. Terry's had a flat roof, I stood up there and looked across the bottom of Alcester Street and saw the flames over Coventry. “
“The air-raid siren went in the evening and the all-clear didn't sound for approximately thirteen hours. I was up all night. By the time the all-clear went it was almost time to go to work in the morning.”
