I was born in '55, the year after "rationing" ended in the UK so sweets/candy were starting to become available again-great for us kids but not so good for teeth! Following family tradition, my dad enlisted for the Navy in WW2 but ended up being sent down the coal mines as a surveyor (much to his regret). As a teenager, I often wonder what our school teachers, many of who had served their country, thought about their rebellious pupils! Yes, I remember the Beatles appearing on the Ed Sullivan show, it was on the news
