Thread: Mary Thomas RIP

She lived in a small cottage down a rough country track and kept a lovely little garden. As time went on she was not able to tend it as he would have liked and the local school used to send some schoolboys up to help her out. If they were of the age when they were doing the history of WWII she would make them a drink and ensure that she gave them an enthralling history lesson about the Japanese and what took place. It was quite a sobering experience for these kids. She kept herself to herself and the only regular vistor she had was her brother who she loved dearly. It is interesting but many of the people living around her did not know much about her life unless they went to see her.
One local lad was killed by the Japs in Burma when they overran the hospital in which he was being nursed, she was very comforting to the family who still feel the pain and horror of what took place.

She did act as an adviser to the series and was determined that it portray what took place but some of the stories were designed to to let people use their imagination as frank scenes of brutality were not for mainstream viewing in those days.