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- Tags: childhood in wartime
Lancaster ND578 KM-Y
Sally Lancaster
Christmas - Waltham 1943
Interview with Jan Albone
Their farm was close to RAF Kirton in Lindsey which was used as a rest home for men from the Battle of Britain. They worked on…
Interview with Keith Toule
Letter from George Nixon to 'Little Anne'
Letter from George Nixon to Ann
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Interview with Frank Edwards
Frank talks of his evacuation to the countryside near Croxton Kerrial when he was nearly five. He was accompanied by his two brothers and initially…
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; evacuation; home front; shelter; V-1; V-weapon
Margaret Dixon's account of her early life and service in the Women's' Auxiliary Air Force
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Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; entertainment; evacuation; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; military living conditions; military service conditions; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hednesford; RAF hospital Matlock; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wilmslow; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Five
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; home front; Red Cross
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Seven
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; home front; V-2; V-weapon
Some memories of the war
Letter to George Shephard Johns
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Postcard from George Shephard Johns
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Letter sent by George Shephard Johns
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Government evacuation scheme
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Letter from the headmaster
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Letter to George Shephard John's mother
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Letter to George Shephard Johns' grandfather
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Government evacuation scheme
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West Bromwich evacuation
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Evacuation preparation
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Interview with Patricia Cook
Tags: animal; childhood in wartime; home front; shelter
Interview with Geoff Brown
Geoff was born and lived in the same area of Grimsby all his life, at the date of his interview he was 93. The first part of the interview concentrated on his…