We used to have Squad Drill in the Square, although there weren’t many of us. Sergeant Harris – a marine, used to keep us drilling on a Saturday when we had the afternoon off, and the bus went at 10 to 1. Lots of people wanted to go to the Pictures, I wanted to go to visit my parents.
He used to say, ‘Dism……..’ and someone would move a foot, and he’d say, ’Attention!’ And keep us there till 5 minutes before the bus went from outside the Town Hall.

Yarmouth Square

b 1922