There was always plenty of cheese!

As far as I was concerned there was never any shortage of food. There was always plenty of cheese, and I’ve always been a great cheese eater so I never went short. We seemed to have plenty of food, others people in civil life were short of it, but I had plenty.

Another thing I used to do was when I went home (I got leave every three months) was take some home — stock up the cheese and everything at home.

This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Becky Barugh of the BBC Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Herbert Lewis and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

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