London After Dark
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Title
London After Dark
Subject
Home Front Workers
Creator
June Chandler
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Subtitle
Missing the Last Train
Lede
"...we got a lecture all the way home."
Story
"I went to London a lot. I loved London. When I got older, we were able to catch a bus, or train, and go into London-- go to some of the newer movies. And then we'd have to take the last bus home, or else you'd be walking. Because they would quit at 10:00, so we knew whatever we did in London, we had to be at the bus stop by 10:00.
Actually, my girlfriend and I, we'd miss the last train, and there was no bus at that point, and we got out and we were thumbing. And I mean back then we felt like-- we didn't know anything could happen to you-- and I think we were about 15 or 16. And the policemen-- they were in a car-- so they stopped and asked what we were doing. And we said we'd missed the last train. He wanted to know where we lived. I told him we were on Gentleman's Row, and he said, 'Get in the back of the car.' And we got a lecture all the way home, and I'd tell him, I said, 'Please don't stop in front of my house' My mom never did know to this day that we had a police car take us home. He dropped us off around the corner, so we could walk to the house. Telling tales now!
Actually, my girlfriend and I, we'd miss the last train, and there was no bus at that point, and we got out and we were thumbing. And I mean back then we felt like-- we didn't know anything could happen to you-- and I think we were about 15 or 16. And the policemen-- they were in a car-- so they stopped and asked what we were doing. And we said we'd missed the last train. He wanted to know where we lived. I told him we were on Gentleman's Row, and he said, 'Get in the back of the car.' And we got a lecture all the way home, and I'd tell him, I said, 'Please don't stop in front of my house' My mom never did know to this day that we had a police car take us home. He dropped us off around the corner, so we could walk to the house. Telling tales now!
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1946 - 1950
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