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- Tags: home front
Peter Potter biography - part
Joan Layne's diary covering the period her husband Wally was a prisoner of war
Flight Sergeant Peter Raeburn Jenkinson DFM - life story
Isabel Jenkinson
Tags: home front
Interview with John James Smith
Air raid precautions album
Fire guard's pocket book pictures, diagrams and tables
Biography of Reg Miles
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Henry Moss ration book
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Diary entry
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Tags: home front; love and romance
Interview with Margaret Irene Maxwell
Interview with Gladys Hatt
Tags: bombing; civil defence; entertainment; evacuation; home front; Home Guard; shelter
German Food Tokens
Cheese, Bread, Food, Bread, Food and Cheese.
Date of Expiry 6.2.44
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Letter from Alan Green to his Family
Tags: aircrew; bombing; home front; observer; RAF Torquay; training
KD Magnet motor car
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Interview with George Rogers
Letter to Dennis Batty from brother Phil
My Maternal Grandparents
After the war John, possibly her brother, became a…
The Evacuee
The first to Isleham and he was accompanied by his maternal grandparents and Alan from next door. There was no electricity, water or sewerage in the farmhouse. Gas was installed but never used. Lighting was by paraffin…
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; childhood in wartime; evacuation; faith; home front; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Betty Welton
A group of dignitaries in front of a Lancaster.
Terry and Arthur Ford
Tags: civil defence; home front; Home Guard