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  1. All the Days of Our Lives
  2. 1945
  3. 1931-1944
  4. I
  5. One
  6. Two
  7. Three
  8. Four
  9. Five
  10. Six
  11. Seven
  12. Eight
  13. Nine
  14. Ten
  15. Eleven
  16. Twelve
  17. Thirteen
  18. Fourteen
  19. Fifteen
  20. Sixteen
  21. Seventeen
  22. Eighteen
  23. Nineteen
  24. Twenty
  25. Twenty-One
  26. Twenty-Two
  27. 1946
  28. II
  29. Twenty-Three
  30. Twenty-Four
  31. Twenty-Five
  32. Twenty-Six
  33. III
  34. Twenty-Seven
  35. Twenty-Eight
  36. Twenty-Nine
  37. IV
  38. Thirty
  39. Thirty-One
  40. Thirty-Two
  41. V
  42. Thirty-Three
  43. Thirty-Four
  44. Thirty-Five
  45. VI
  46. Thirty-Six
  47. Thirty-Seven
  48. 1948-1949
  49. VII
  50. Thirty-Eight
  51. Thirty-Nine
  52. Forty
  53. VIII
  54. Forty-One
  55. Forty-Two
  56. Forty-Three
  57. IX
  58. Forty-Four
  59. Forty-Five
  60. Forty-Six
  61. X
  62. Forty-Seven
  63. Forty-Eight
  64. Forty-Nine
  65. Fifty
  66. Fifty-One
  67. Fifty-Two
  68. Fifty-Three
  69. Fifty-Four
  70. XI
  71. Fifty-Five
  72. Fifty-Six
  73. XII
  74. Fifty-Seven
  75. Fifty-Eight
  76. XIII
  77. Fifty-Nine
  78. XIV
  79. Sixty
  80. XV
  81. Sixty-One
  82. Sixty-Two
  83. 1953
  84. All the Days of Our Lives

‘Young Jonny’s round,’ Cynthia said. Jonny was one of Robbie’s school pals. ‘They’re out the back. You sit down for a bit. Have a Rich Tea? Oh, I forgot . . .’ Cynthia got up and took an envelope from the shelf. ‘This came for you. Must be from Molly.’

‘Oh, good!’ Em took it, smiling at the address. Molly knew Em was living with Norm’s mom and dad, but she never remembered to address letters anywhere but Kenilworth Street.

‘How’s she getting on?’ Dot asked, before Em had even got the envelope open.

‘Oh!’ Em exclaimed. ‘Oh my goodness!’

WRAC Training Centre,

Guildford,

Surrey.

10th April 1949

Dear Em,

Well, surprise, surprise! I’ve joined up again!

I’ve been at this training centre for a week now and am loving every minute. D’you remember the Gorgon I talked to you about, who I trained under in the ATS? She told me they were forming a proper women’s army again, and she and I have both joined up. She’s gone to the officers’ training centre at Hindhead.

There are a couple of us who’ve rejoined after being in the ATS before, and they’ve talked to us about retraining and how we’d do it. I decided I wanted to start right from the beginning. I know I’m here for the duration, and I want to do it all properly this time. I want to make a real go of this, Em. They’re working us hard. We’ve already done some aptitude tests, and I reckon I did all right. I ant a decent trade – something that’s not cooking. I’ve had quite enough of that! It’s all going to be different from in the war, I know that. We’ve even got a different cap badge, for a start – some of them made a right fuss about that, and it’s a funny thing, but it does feel strange. But never mind, all I know is, I’m in the right place. The army feels like home to me – I can’t see myself as the marrying type.

When I get some leave, I’ll try and come and see you. I hope everyone’s OK and you are all getting on all right. Fancy Joycie being married – and Sid with three kids! Makes me feel very long in the tooth!

Give my regards to your mom and everyone else, and a kiss for Robbie, if he still lets anyone kiss him!

Love from,

Molly

‘Oh, Mom . . .’ Em, with tears in her eyes, handed Cynthia the letter. ‘Read that – oh, good for Molly. When I think of all the different things she’s done and all those places she’s been – and I’ve never even moved from here! Makes me feel a proper stick-in-the-mud!’