I grew up in sugar country. A crushing mill below
1952
Aged 9
We were still at the blue house when the King died. I remember crying on that occasion.
King George VI was held in great affection by many of his subjects and I felt the tragedy of the occasion.
Everything we had at the blue house seemed to be labelled "Made in England", knitting needles, sewing machine, you name it.
In other words, I actually remember when England was the workshop of the world. Nowadays, of course, everything seems to be made somewhere in Asia.
My father at that time was working as a canecutter so uually came home black with soot
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