Cyril Bridgen
who was billeted with Mrs Mills, The Hollies, Hawkley
Charles Sammonds writes "Tom Cowell met with Butch Luetchford and Cyril Bridgen in Jerusalem when he was with the Mid-East Forces in 1946/7 - there ought to be some stories there of interest to other ex-evacuees?
Harry Withers writes "Our stay at 'Uplands' was an austere experience. Breakfast was bread and jam, lunch mostly rabbit in its various disguises or whatever was left over from the dining room the previous evening. We might as a consequence, find a cold pigeon on our plate. Tea would be bread and jam, supper you have guessed already, but Sunday was a real treat, we were given a boiled egg before going on Church Parade. This gave rise to our nickname of 'the bread and jam boys' which I believe was coined by Cyril Bridgen. Certain of the village ladies were aware of our poor diet and invited us to tea on occasions; Cyril's landlady was one such person."