:47:01
...and l wasn´t.
:47:03
l remember sitting
in an enormous arrival hall.
:47:08
And l just sat.
:47:10
Nobody came to me, nobody taIked to me.
:47:15
I think I must have sat for an hour.
:47:18
Maybe longer, l don´t know.
:47:22
Then came two people...
:47:23
...who were my guardians...
:47:25
...and they introduced themseIves.
:47:27
They expIained that they Iived in LincoIn.
:47:31
They didn´t speak one word of German...
:47:33
...and I didn´t speak one word of EngIish.
:47:37
If they said, "´LincoIn,"´
that couId have been...
:47:39
...anywhere.
:47:40
Never heard of the pIace.
:47:44
My mother sent me off saying:
:47:46
´´Whoever is going to be good enough
to take you in...
:47:49
´´...and give you a home...
:47:50
´´...you must treat as a temporary mother. ´´
:47:53
When we arrived back
from LiverpooI Street...
:47:57
...and we aII went to bed...
:47:59
...in the evening...
:48:01
...I went up to her,
put my arms around her...
:48:03
...and she pushed me away.
:48:05
And her words were, "´That´s sissy."´
:48:08
She may have said something eIse Iike,
"´We don´t do this, that´s sissy."´
:48:12
But the words "´That´s sissy"´
have never Ieft me.
:48:16
The children arrived in England
at the rate of about 300 a week.
:48:22
Those who were not already placed
in foster homes...
:48:24
...were taken to temporary centers...
:48:26
...hastily set up in summer holiday camps...
:48:29
...like Dovercourt.
:48:45
They did try and keep us busy.
:48:49
The memorable part
of this camp experience was...
:48:52
...that it was one
of the coldest winters in history.
:48:58
We all went for breakfast to this big hall.