S01 - E29: Constant Reminders
The injuries Eric suffered at nine years old in the bombing of Sandhurst Road School have affected his whole life, impacting on his National Service and employment. Even the experimental treatment he received as a child would have unwanted side effects decades later.
S01 - E28: Living with the Injuries
When he left hospital, Eric had the choice of attending a "normal" school or a "handicapped" school. He chose a normal school, where students did not have the same idea of a "fair fight" and his French teacher queried whether he could become anything other than a beggar.
S01 - E27: Doodle Bug Alley
Hitler was deploying new terror weapons by the time Eric was sent home from hospital to a part of London known as Doodle Bug Alley. The V1 Flying Bomb and V2 Rocket were precursors to the cruise missile and Saturn V rocket to the moon, respectively. Adolf Hitler was again trying to kill him.
S01 - E26: The Wooden Box
After returning home from hospital, Eric tried to find out more about the bombing of Sandhurst Road School and the death of his sister, Kitty. His parents reluctance to talk demonstrates how traumatised they had been by the events. Then one day Eric's mother called him upstairs, brought a wooden box out of the wardrobe, unlocked it and went through the contents with him.
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