The Archive · 1940

Spice of Excitement

The daylight Cardiff raids sent all four "candidates "to the University shelters and during the afternoon at-fack, the examination was continued as far as the viva voce part of the practical was concerned and the candidates showed no signs of any extra nervousness. Indeed, the spice of excitement seemed to cut all the nervousness that a candidate normally shows under such circumstances.

Tonight, though my official text out here is the war work of women, T want to go further afield and talk a more general manner. Stimulated by the sympathy and interest shown out here with those at home, hope you wit forgive me if T in: Jdulge in a tittle bragging! 1 want (0 tell you of some of the things which underlie the rock-like confidence felt at home by all sections of the community in our ultimate victory. isn't a case of any unthinking optimfan or failure to realize the immense ity of the task, but a confidence based on knowledge of what has already been accomplished and all the things that are being done.

1 suppose like most British women, wherever they may be, pride in our menfolk is part of ourselves and sometimes in times of emergency we may be allowed to express this, and Tam going to begin with our fighting services.

The Army First the Army.

the Continent there is ro doubt that our men fought splendidly and were splendidly led. You will have ead stories of what the men from Dunkirk said and felt about that.

(Coming from a. week spent. in' the country at a. small Surrey. station 1 saw two train loads of thes

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