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The line ran right through our village, even to this day there is bitterness between families who allegedly collaborated with the Germans (and who stay away from remembrance services on May 8 and November 11) and those who helped the resistance. There is a local story about how German soldiers gave chocolate to their guard dogs in front of the children of the village. furster

To Idun, Many thanks for the helpful answer, grateful for your time. Furster

Hi All, I have been following this thread with great interest. When I left the UK in 1969 I don't think there was any such thing as form P85 - Leaving the UK, I just left without informing anyone. I have lived in Scandinavia since then so I don't qualify for any kind of pension from the UK, having only worked there for 3 years. My sole pension providers are the Swedish state where I have been paying for 39 years and a couple of private pension schemes, also Swedish. I was wondering though, when I move to France definitely, which will be next year, will I be obliged to sign on anywhere? By then I will be 65 and will be a full time pensioner.My wife is 2 years younger, but I will be supporting her until her Swedish pension starts in 3 years time. Furster