War Years In Aspley

A Memory of Nottingham.

I well remember being 'evacuated' by my parents to live for a while with my Aunt Elsie, and Uncle Percy Locker, after our family were 'bombed out' of our home in Hertfordshire. They lived at 87, Harwill Crescent Aspley, with my late cousin Lillia, and they had two labrador dogs. Lillia was four years older than myself, and a musician, she played the accordion, and was a member of the Haymes - Hague band, based in Nottingham (I'm not sure if I've given the correct spelling there) - but I remember being taken to hear the band play in the Castle grounds. I also remember the Footitt family, friends of my Aunt who also lived in Harwill Crescent. Sadly, Lillia, an asthma sufferer all her short life, died in 1944. I remember, and treasure, the good times we had together.

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