248841 Doris May Poynter Auxiliary Teritorial Service from:Hampstead, London Doris Poynter served in the Auxiliary Teritorial Service in London during World War 2. She worked in the underground chambers at Horseferry Road that connected with Downing Street and the War rooms and has many comical stories about her time there.
A memory of hers she used to laugh about was when her and the other girls were making the connecting calls they would have to say "Number please". They would say this numerous times a day and it could become quite repetitive. So sometimes they started saying "Rubber Knees" instead which got them all laughing!
She also remembers the time Churchill came to say 'Hello' to them all, an experience she never forgot! She also was working on the day when the troops landed in Normandy which had been co-ordinated from the same place where she worked and she and the other girls had been connecting calls that contributed to the momentous occasion however, of course, they knew nothing about it at the time. “It seemed like a normal day to us, no busier than usual!”
A collection of her favourite memories throughout the War in London, filmed in 2005.
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