It was 1942 and the war started 3 years ago (1939). The Germans had taken over France. My family had a patchwork pillow that had been passed down for many generations. Patchwork was very useful in the 1780s -- 1945 because people could not afford to buy clothes or pillows. Most people lost their jobs during world war 1 and 2, so they sewed instead to pass the time. It was made in the 1780s. It was a square and It was blue and yellow. Our generation had the pillow, but we needed to put it somewhere where it wouldn't be blown up by the Germans whilst they bombed London. I had 24 hours to bring a pillow to our bombing shelter what was 14 hours away in the countryside. I left in the morning knowing that the Germans would be back in a couple