Taking Leave in Edinborough
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Taking Leave in Edinborough
Well, mostly I remember taking a leave in Edinborough with a
friend of mine who had an aunt living there. Yeah, a guy named
Jock Hasty (sp), he was in my regiment, he was in a quarter
master in the QM store. And I remember walking down one time, I
don't know where Jock was, away somewhere, and I was walking
down the main drag, and then Princess Street in Edinborough, and
this was a Sunday afternoon and a beautiful big limousine drove
up and the chauffeur was sitting outside and those limousines
were, the owner was sitting inside. And he stopped and he
squeezed a bulb on the horn, you know on the back. So I walked
over and he just nods his head to the back and the window rolled
down and there was a dear old lady in there. And she says, in
perfect, no Scottish accent, really, you know, well brought up.
I mean this was gentry or as they called in those days, you were
talking to. And she asked, "You Canadians, we're so happy that
you're over here to help us." And she wanted to invite me to
come up for tea. Well, you know, twenty-four years old, I wasn't
looking for something more than tea really went I was going
around there but I thanked her very much and said I had to meet,
I made excuses, I said I had to meet my friend later on but I
thanked her very much and I said, "Yes we're over here to
do our bit for the country."
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