And let's not forget rationing ... I remember eating my gran's whole week's cheese ration. She'd been saving the cheese in order to make a souffle for my grandad ... the guy who appears as my avatar ... he had been badly messed up at Paschendael ... not the only one I hear . And the beating I got

; the bruises only went away last week

It was worse than the mauling she gave me when I dropped my grandad's medals down the grate
