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" If you had told me eighteen months ago that German aeroplanes would fly over this house, and that I would not take any notice of them but just go on as usual, I should have thought you were mad!” I ask her what has changed her outlook and she replies, “I think we have got beyond being frightened for ourselves. We don’t matter, Hester. It is Britain that matters now. We are all soldiers now . . "

D.E. Stevenson , Mrs. Tim Carries On


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D.E. Stevenson quote : If you had told me eighteen months ago that German aeroplanes would fly over this house, and that I would not take any notice of them but just go on as usual, I should have thought you were mad!” I ask her what has changed her outlook and she replies, “I think we have got beyond being frightened for ourselves. We don’t matter, Hester. It is Britain that matters now. We are all soldiers now . .