Post War Reaction on a Bus Ride
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Post War Reaction on a Bus Ride
The war was over. I got back home, oh gee whiz, sometime around
Christmas, November sometime. Everybody was home and had all the
jobs, there was no work to do. No trouble to get a job,
I couldn’t get one. So anyway, that was it. Interviewer: So what
was it like to return back home? What was that feeling like?
Like you’re lost. I remember my mother was down on Water Street.
I don’t know if you know Saint John’s any good. But we lived on
Field Street that was up on top along this hill up on top.
So I met my mother and she had a lot of parcels, so I walked up with
her now. We walked up so far she said, “I’m going to get the
bus,” and I said, “Okay, we’ll get the bus.” So we got in on the
bus, and we’re going up this hill, and someone rang the buzzer
for to get off, and I was down to the door before he had a
chance to stop the bus, like a flash I was there. He said, “Are
you getting off here?” and I said, “Oh no, I thought I seen
someone I knew.” Interviewer: Just the reaction. Yeah.
So scattered night then I used to wake up and go nuts wanting to
jump out through the window and stuff.
But anyway, I got over it.
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