of(Darren) Indeed so. Nothing short of a miracle that I may have been conceived by persons wearing gas masks at the time. Maybe they did so because there was no such thing as soap in 1942. Didn't do Mum any harm - she's still alive and well, aged 92. :-)
soap. [Rosie] Same age as my dad only he was out there with Monty at the time. I can still remember my mum's gas mask. It was in a cardboard box under the stairs. I was born a little after the war but I have still got my ration card!
much We too had gas masks in the house - kept ... wait for it ... under the stairs. Mind you, that's where the gas meter was - so I suppose it's logical?
instead. I did get stuck in Cockermouth once, the weather was typically wet for that area and beleive me, chloroform would have been just the job. It was many years ago when the pubs had strange opening times.