No war stories.
The only "during the war" story my granddad had was that he once accidentally got stuck inside the top of this:

www.leodis.org/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2004112_13993472

As rather unsurprisingly, it was felt his 'talents' would be better suited helping the war effort from home, rather than being sent to fight.
(DBS, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 15:19, 3 replies)

A Leeds lad, then.
Know it well, marks the boundary to the rather splendid Roundhay Park. How did he manage that - horology or hooliganism?
(sarcastic fringehead feet of clay, buns of steel, head of lettuce, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 16:08, closed)

Somebody told him that you could find a large clock in the park
...and he mis-heard
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Tue 7 Jun 2011, 17:37, closed)

I think he was fixing it. I mean I'm assuming he was carrying out some sort of maintenance work on it. That would be the logical explanation, right? ...Right?
(DBS, Wed 8 Jun 2011, 11:39, closed)