I never come out until 1946.  Funny thing always was, I was called up before a lot of them and demobbed after them all.
I missed any celebrations they had.  They had it before I come home.  The council had a celebratory dinner and I was still away.
Quite frankly I didn’t know what to do.  I messed about for a long time.  I took the full length of the leave we were allowed.  I didn’t know what to do.  I did try to get in the Prison Service.  I can remember going in there and interviewed by a bloke and we were talking for some time. Something happened and he had to go off, and I was sat there waiting and waiting and I got fed up and I walked out.  Phil Kelsey b 1920

Phil Kelsey c 1990