Beautiful photos, the memories come tumbling home.
Living in Ringwood, Hampshire, only a few miles from Bournemouth with it's fine white sand beach;
during the war no one was allowed to go anywhere near that gorgeous beach, partially mined.
On the high hill above the English Channel, My Father, once in uniform again, all be it, the R.A.F ,
ordered very tall trees, maybe from the New Forest, to be cut down, branches removed, then
the trees to be placed at certain intervals for miles along the South edge of Great Britain, facing
the E.C.,with a few rocks each side of the large " Guns". In 1940 just before the "Battle of Britain"
the country was extremely short of Weapons.
At my small Ringwood school, we all learned John Masefield's poem , Sea Fever,
and said it each Monday morning, but.... adding "And planes and guns to keep us Safe".
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