Memories of childhood, Miriam - often upsetting as one gets older.
I don't know what happened to Bob. Wish I knew his surname or exactly where he lived. I know he corresponded with my parents for a while after the war, on one occasion announcing to them that he was getting married as he knew he "couldn't marry your daughter!". All this correspondence is now lost but I wish I knew whether he is still around. The object of his admiration, my sister, has been gone now for 8 years. A gentle, lovely lad. I don't know what he went through in Normandy but my father, a veteran of the Western Front, occasionally wondered how he had got on as an infantry soldier as there didn't seem to be a bone of aggression or violence in his body.
Nothing much to do with Birmingham history or Pheasey, I'm afraid, but fond memories which I cherish.
Chris