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Eileen and I have to settle down together in our new home with the new car and she with the new job. There is a lot to do in the garden. This plot of land had included a stone quarry and had also been used for waste disposal from our local hospital. Close to the rear of the House was a drop of some 15 feet which revealed the quarry face. From the rear windows of the House we looked out at the tops of acacia and silver birch trees. These trees grow up from the lower part of the garden 15 ft below. Indoors there was still work to be done. Decoration was not complete and tiling in the bathroom. Meanwhile we advertised for tenants for all the rooms upstairs. But due to the shortage of accommodation we had many applicants. All seemed worthy tenant's but when a top sergeant in the American Air Force arrived with his wife we finally made up our mind. 
| Mike worked it in the control tower at Brize Norton aerodrome. We became firm were friends and were sorry to see them go when, much later, his posting back to the States arrived.
We were both anxious to be blessed by children and two years later arrangements had to be made for new arrival. The local midwife had a very good reputation and our GP specialised in childbirth. Mark was born at home but I was a ushered out of the room for the new arrival.
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