The Then Unknown

A Memory of Werrington.

I remember going to school one morning, when a convoy of army lorries was going past, they were Americans, I did not realise it until several years later that I was witnessing the beginning of the invasion of Europe. To the shout of "Any gum, chum?"' to the passing lorries, I got loads of gum and I think there were also malted milk tablets. It never occurred to us that some of soldiers could be dead in a matter of days, but we were kids and did not have such thoughts. Even though it is over 65 years ago several of from the class of 1945 still meet bi-monthly for a meal, there are usually nine or ten of us, although all of us no longer live in Werrington, we still meet up. One comes over from Leicester (John Sherwin), we even had Stan Gilman with us from Canada, Stan was visiting his rrother Ray. Peter Thornsby (Stowemarket) has threatened us with a visit during spring. The school we attended was Cellarhead S.S. now known as Moorside. Before that it was Werrington School until we were aged 11 years, then we went to Cellarhead where we stayed until 1945. I cannot think of any unhappy memories, the 1940s and 1950s seemed to be a great time to be around. Happy days!
Stan Twigge

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