Comments:
Norm, York
Very moving.
Shelley White, Preston.
Thank you for the sacrifice you made during the war years when you were away from home and family. Because of you and people like you we can live in freedom.
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Fond and Trying Times of War Years by Bill Guest
Tell us about yourself:
I am an eighty-two-year-old widower with one son and one grandson, both of whom I think the world of.
I was a hairdresser for 25 years, then worked for Rowntrees in York until I retired. I then did ten years voluntary work along with my late wife for WRVS in hospitals, Age Concern, etc. I am a member of Beverley Male Voice Choir and will be singing in the Albert Hall, London with 1,000 voices in aid of Cancer Research.
Whats your story about?
My story is about the way I felt, and still feel, about the importance of family love and togetherness.
My feeling why 5½ years of my youth were lost seeing my family again having been reported missing and presumed prisoner of war.
Why did you choose to tell this particular story?
I chose this story as it made me think of what my dad must have felt in the First World War where he was awarded a medal of honour for saving the life of a comrade.
Any additional comments?
I want to thank the BBC and its staff for giving us all, at last, an opportunity to remember what we all sacrificed during six years of war.  Play film
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