NO BETTER PLACE
THAN THE OLD LAMB INN
Mr.
Jorden of the Lamb Inn, Knottingley, has received a letter from Driver
Leslie Brandford of Knottingley in which he says;
"I
met Cawthorne in the Base Depot and we had plenty to talk about of the
different countries we we had been in since leaving England. He was
in the Eritrea country and Abyssinia Campaign then Italy. It was
grand to see him, I think we nearly kissed each other. We were
friends and had worked together for ten years at the Co-op. I was
telling him of the thousands of miles I had travelled before seeing a
Knottingley chap - 29,000 all told through South Africa, Bombay, Iraq,
then to Palestine on to Egypt, then to Tunis, back to Tripolitania, and
then to Italy. But believe me there is no better place like the Old
Lamb Inn."
"I
went on the invasion of the Salerno Beaches and had a rough time but came
through it o.k. The only place I could think of the time was
Knottingley, but one has the feeling that you are doing a good job.
I was laid in a foot of water for seven hours before the Germans went back
and it was cold. There were eight of us altogether. We dare
not speak to each other in case Jerry got wise. We could see him and
his machine gun crew but had to keep our heads down. He finally
cleared off and we got back on the road once more. The Navy did a
grand job there. They fixed 15in shells into the German positions
from the bay and did that shift him out of it. He did not know if he was
coming or going. The prisoners were coming in shell shocked and
dazed. I will tell you more some other time. The Scharnhorst being
sunk was good news."
"We
got the Africa Star Ribbon today, it's yellow and red with a blue
stripe."
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From The Pontefract and Castleford Express February 11th 1944.
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