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We went to the grotto to see Father Christmas, we always got a parcel wrapped in coloured paper, they cost...
Dad and his brother, Charlie, were sent to Norfolk as evacuees in the early war years. Things went on...
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When the bombs dropped by Dad was on duty as a special constable and helped the folks get out of the...
My brother was in the Navy before the war started, his name was Gilbert but everybody called him George. My...
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I helped parents make Dolls House for sister for Christams 1943 using cardboard and paper. I remember dried...
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