Wander00
My Dad was in the Fire Service in NW London, but spent much of 1940 and 1941 in Central London and the City.
Likewise but for NW London read SE.
Rarely if ever spoke about the hard stuff, but frequently about the banter and fun - which there also was much of. A number of his wartime mates subsequently worked for him full- or part-time in his (radio and television) shop, including one who remained in the Fire Brigade post-war and rose to become a Divisional Officer, (London by then had 10 or 11 divisions, so he was fairly high up) but still worked on some Saturdays in the shop.
One thing he did mention - chillingly - was at the time of some post-earthquake rescue news report. He said that often when digging out bodies from the rubble, fingers were literally worn away in futile attempts to dig their way out after being buried alive........
Fareeastdriver Flew with Tarwid on a number of occasions but never knew that bit of background. Haven't heard of his demise - would kind of expect to - but (after quick check of old Retired List), he would now be 94.
Not impossible to still be around at that age - ask Danny!