The Girls of Victory Street: An absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 family saga (The Bryant Sisters Book 1) by Pam Howes

Author:Pam Howes [Howes, Pam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781786819772
Publisher: Bookouture
Published: 2020-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

George the foreman called the girls into his office first thing the following morning. ‘Chas has been on the blower with the good news that his mate Basil has signed you up,’ he told them. ‘Congratulations. What a wonderful opportunity for you all. Get out of this city while you still can.’

‘Thank you, George,’ said Bella. ‘And for giving us our name – we’ll always be the Bryant Sisters. I just hope there’s a Bryant & May’s to come back to when all of this is over.’

‘You and me both, queen. I’m terrified they’ll bomb this factory now they’ve done the Litherland one. I know the war’s not confined to just us here, but you might be safer in smaller places and the military bases are not as obvious to the planes, and they’re well-manned, so attack is less likely on them. Enjoy yourselves, have the best time, stay close to one another and watch out for them randy soldiers. Just behave and you’ll be fine. Work the rest of the week on notice and then you’ll be off. I envy you girls, I really do. Give us a few songs before you leave on our dinner breaks and keep ’em all cheerful.’

On Friday dinnertime the girls were led blindfolded into the canteen, where in spite of rationing, a beautiful cake took pride of place, GOOD LUCK piped across the white icing in big pink letters. Plates of sarnies and home-made sausage rolls were handed out and everyone tucked in.

When the tables were cleared the girls got up to sing the only appropriate song they could think of; from the film Shipyard Sally they sang Gracie Fields’ ‘Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye’. Everyone joined in and Bella didn’t bother to wipe away the tears as they flowed freely down her cheeks. She’d miss her co-workers very much and hoped they’d all be safe and still around if they came to do a revue show in Liverpool in the not-too-distant future.

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