On the subject of women in wartime, perhaps I could beg a few inches of space to pay a tribute to my late mother.
In 1940 the Luftwaffe bombed the Southampton gasworks with the result that no gas was available for cooking for a period of some months.
However, with the aid of a 'primus' stove and what I believe is called a 'trivet' on the dining room fire, she succeeded in providing two hot meals a day for my father and myself.
I do, however, remember eating an awful lot of stew at this time.
Mike Usherwood,
Mendip Close,
York.
Updated: 08:51 Saturday, July 16, 2005
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