Well today i started at a new job which is just around the corner from me. It is to take down an old brick wall and put up a new one .
It is for an elderly gent and his good lady wife. Now i new he was in his mid eighties so when he brought me out a cup of coffee this morning i asked if he had seen service in the war. Yes he said , i was in the royal tank regiment. My ears perked up and he had my full attention. What was your duty i said . Driver he said.Need i say anymore. You can guess how much work i got done or rather didnt get done today. I once turned up home one evening in a crommwell tank and my mum said what the hell ids that youve got out there? He was taking it to a base the next day.He met his wife in 41 as she used to clean used tanks that came back from the front line and he delivered a tank for them to clean and wash down to repair and they fell for each other there and then.Well that was just the start of the conversation today.All types of tanks he drove but in action he had a Sherman with a 76mm gun. Cant wait to go back to work in the morning. I said i would take in a couple of models.