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"Listen Mum, this is for you” - Bridie Spicer recalls midnight chats with her late son
Private Leon Spicer used to wake his mum Bridie up for midnight chats by playing Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters. She recalls the late night talks she now cherishes after he was killed in Iraq by a roadside bomb in 2005, recounting how he would make tea for them knowing she would never refuse despite the late hour. Part of Songs My Son Loved, a series speaking to the mothers of soldiers who have died in conflict.
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