My Young Life and Experience after 1945

"Mum, where is Dad, has he gone to bed?"
I didn't know where my dad had gone because he just disappeared. I should really have got used to my dad getting drunk because he seemed to spend a lot of time drinking. But when I think about it, his drunkenness didn't bother me too much: it was the punching of my mum and myself that hurt me the most.
However, I did find time to have fun with a couple of friends that I had. The secret agent games that I invented from time to time coincided with the true-life games and excitement that I found along the way.