A pair of clogs

Arthur George Wells did not talk much about the war but did talk about the clogs. Hs daughter April was born in 1941 while Arthur was at war. She did not see him till 1945. They then lived in a nissan hut the family with 3 children till April was seven and a half. Then she got rheumatic fever and hospital would not discharge her till they got a proper home. That is when they got a council house. The clogs were on the mantle piece and April grew up with them. Dad would always tell the story of the clogs and believed most men on the ship got these as a gift from Holland. Her father was in the Ro... Mehr ...