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Thanks for giving me a good giggle this cold, damp morning here in the mid west of the US RD.
Actually, I am a big fan of Doctor Who.

Merry Christmas!

A slight correction about the date the last time I was in England, 2086, not 1986. Big difference. Cheers!

I didn't know the Watts family that well, I wish I did, my search is actually for two brothers that I was acquainted with back in the fifties, especially Bernard. The brothers were smashing young men of whom I am curious as to their whereabouts. So many years have gone by. Cheers to you all!

They all did their bit I am sure, but without Alan Turing, perhaps a different story as to winning the war.

My shock & dismay was how he was treated because of his sexuality, after all, not that long ago. I wonder when the law was changed. Think how many gay men at that time had to stay in the closet, or was there such a thing as just an old bachelor who never married.

Yes indeed Malcolm, since we are both in the same age bracket & lived in the same area could be coincidental that we might know someone or the other.

My parents moved to the Headstone Lane council estate right after the war about 1946 I believe.
A lovely area which was like living in  the country for me after London living. Most on the council estate were bombed out Londoners & a bit rough around the edges I suppose.

When I was about fourteen, I got a part time job at Boots chemist in Raynors Lane. I also remember cycling to work by way of North Harrow. Rayners Lane was always the worst part of the journey, very hilly.

Those were the days, how I ended up in the U.S., has been a disaster, but I didn't know it then.
Nice chatting Malcolm