Chapter 7: The Pictures—GeorgePeter was a conundrum George rapidly became dedicated to unwrapping. He was exhausted and sick, that was clear. But good food and rest soon had a positive effect on him and he began to move around the house and then the nursery, doing little jobs that he could see were needed.
He turned out to be a very handy carpenter…his trade before the war…and soon the things George had been putting off since his father had been killed in ‘42 were slowly being fixed. Doors began to close without needing a boot to the bottom. The rot in the window frame in the packing shed was cut out and repaired. The vent in the little greenhouse they used for potting that hadn’t quite shut properly since a gale in 1943 suddenly didn’t need tugging and jiggling any more.
He didn’t make
