Rita

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Rita tells us the funny and incredible story of how little she knew about the facts of life as a young woman, and how she was married and pregnant before she really knew where babies came from

Rita tells us about the ‘black clock’ beetles that used to infest houses in the past

Rita tells us how she would amuse herself as a child by making purses from barrage balloons, selling shrapnel and making a game of anything – even watching a horse do its business

Rita tells us the funny story of a near miss from a bomb during the war