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The day the Germans landed, it was a Sunday lunch time, and we'd just about finished our lunch, and...
I worked in the Co-op and lived in Coalville... 4oz of butter per week, one pint of milk a day and this...
I never ate meat myself, even as a child but I remember the queues when the word went around that fruit...
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My dad was only in the army for a few weeks as shown in his discharge papers. I wrote the note to...
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