This picture taken in October 1944 shows Dad playing cards with his best mate Jimmy Collins and the Verdegem family in Ijzendijke, Holland. Dad remained friends with this family and visited them after the war. My search to find any living relatives led me to meet our very dear friends Ria and Adrie Brugge in Ijzendijke. They helped me to find the very house Dad used to visit, which has remained unchanged for 70 years. We visit Ijzendijke regularly now and keep the link alive.
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