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I especially remember a sailor suit I wore as a little boy. I have a photograph probably taken on my 4th or 5th birthday. And I guess the sheath knife was a birthday present. Boys that age would never be given a present like that today. It wasn't unusual at the time. Like every other small boy at the time, I wore a knife all the time. Going out without one would have been like not putting on your pants. We wore them in school too. Yet we never stabbed each other, and I only once ever badly cut myself. I still have a scar on my left knee. I guess I was wearing shorts at the time. I loved the sailor suit. We lived near a port and during and just after the War I saw lots of tough looking Popeye characters wearing them. Also mine had a whistle which I went around blowing and driving adults mad. Mysteriously the pea disappeared from it overnight and it wouldn't work any more. My dad said I must have worn it out. I havevmy suspions now that he may have removed it.
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