Memories of my Mother during the War

During the War, my Mother, Dorothy Griffiths worked on farms in the rural area around Nantwich, Cheshire. She told me the story of evacuees - both women and children from Liverpool who came to live on one farm. They were given nourishing meals to eat with meat, potatoes and vegetables but had no idea what they were. They wanted to know where the nearest chippie was!! This was 3 miles away in Nantwich. The children were more interested in jam butties!

Also on the farm, 2 Italian prisoners of war (one was called Joseph) used to come every day by bike from the POW camp in the village of Wrenbury 3 miles away. One memorable day in 1944, they all heard the screaching of a plane overhead which later crashed close to the River Weaver. This was the plane of Lt Arthur Brown, USAF who died in the plane crash but diverted his plane away from houses nearby. His grave is situated by the River Weaver and a ceremony is held every year on Remembrance Sunday. A local avenue was named for him. An Amercian flag which has flown on the Capital in Washington DC is held in Nantwich Parish Church when it is not flying by the grave.

My Mother and Father married in May 1943 - their Wedding Cake had cardboard icing.

During the worst of the air-raids by the Luftwaffe when night after night planes were heard going overhead to bomb Liverpool and the docks, my Grandmother, Annie Griffiths used to say "Right will always prevail."

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