1:27:00
They would join the army.
1:27:03
l was anxious to get into this.
1:27:05
First of aII, I hated the Germans.
I hated their guts...
1:27:08
...and I wanted to be part of it.
1:27:10
Besides,
what was I going to do in AustraIia?
1:27:12
Sit in AustraIia throughout the whoIe war?
God forbid!
1:27:25
Girls, this is urgent.
1:27:28
lf you´re over 1 7-and-a-half and under 19...
1:27:31
...you can volunteer for the ATS.
1:27:34
The sooner you come,
the wider the choice of jobs avaiIabIe.
1:27:38
Come on, girIs, it´s urgent!
1:27:43
When l was 18...
1:27:45
...l had...
1:27:46
...to do either work of importance
or join the forces.
1:27:50
l decided to join the forces.
1:27:54
l also felt l was saying thank you
to England...
1:27:57
...for saving my life.
1:27:59
I think, as a soIdier, I feIt...
1:28:03
...suddenIy I was
in an environment where...
1:28:06
...I was the same as everyone eIse.
1:28:09
For the first time in my life, l think.
1:28:13
Because l think in Lincoln, l more or less...
1:28:16
...think, l existed.
1:28:18
Because I was waiting for tomorrow,
and tomorrow, and tomorrow.
1:28:24
l had lots of friends and...
1:28:26
...l did things l hadn´t done before.
1:28:29
l felt like everybody else.
1:28:32
The people on my left, the people
on my right, we were all the same...
1:28:39
...and that, I think,
was the first time in my Iife...
1:28:43
...I feIt that I couId do everything...
1:28:46
...the other peopIe were doing.
1:28:51
l wanted to do something
to help finish the war.
1:28:54
l said, ´´l want to go into nursing. ´´
1:28:56
The first year, l nearly gave up.
1:28:59
l found it very difficult...