I went to school on the first day and we were all told to go home. And everything was packed up to go, because you knew if the Germans were coming it was suicidal. I think the war broke out in Belgium on the 10th and we were already in England on the 20th. Like everybody, we left everything behind. We went on a train to Ostend, and from there got a boat to England.
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