Sowerbutt's Barber

"Heard from your sister, Bernie, old friend?” Pop asked. The barber looked sad. “Not for a few weeks, I ask the Spanish sailors down at the Docks in case a message has been passed on, but nothing. Good to get those couple of messages after Musso declared war, but it must be getting harder for her. Perhaps they are guarding the Docks at Genoa.”

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Sowerbutt's Friend

Bernie White put the kettle on in the back of the shop. He was treated as a local, despite being born Benedetti Bianchi in Milan a couple of years before the Kingdom of Italy joined the Allies in the Great War. He had jumped ship from MS Augustus, Italy’s floating cruise palace, in Gibraltar in 1933 to escape an angry husband. Ending up at the East India Docks, he took on a new British identity with the help of Sowerbutt.

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Sowerbutt's Suspicions

Sowerbutt nodded: “One of our part-timers popped round to a house in Whitechapel. She was suspicious about the three Irish lads there. They weren’t working, but had plenty of cash. She found the letter under the bed. I thought it might have some double meanings, a code like. Working as spies for Jerry?”

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Sowerbutt's Call-Up

"By the way, you are alright with the call-up? Don’t want you disappearing, all of a sudden.” “Irregular heartbeat, Jimmy, always had it. Have to see a specialist every six months, costs a fortune.” “We must talk, Bob. Genuine exemption papers can be worth a lot of money, we could borrow them and give you a percentage."

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Sowerbutt's Books

Sowerbutt grinned: “I want to buy some books. You heard about South Hallsville School, terrible business. A few of the survivors are spread around different schools, but the rest are running wild on the streets. The curate at St Luke’s, Father Goose, is trying to open a school for them in the church."

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Sowerbutt's Question

"How is Olive? She was just a girl when I last saw her,” Sowerbutt smiled. “You know she was detained?" Bob Hawks said. "Saw her a couple of times in Holloway, now she’s over on the Isle of Man. Still committed to the cause, won’t hear a word said against Oswald Mosley. Had a letter the other day, censored, of course.”

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Sowerbutt's Books

The bell tinkled as Sowerbutt pushed open the shabby door of Kibble & Hawks, Booksellers. It was a parallel universe to the bustle of Charing Cross Road outside. Quiet save for the loud tick of a clock, ceiling-high shelves jammed full and precarious piles escorting the customer inside from the doorway and lining the gangways. 

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