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Shropshire was mainly agricultural during the wartime so people went round more or less the same. There needed to be more or less the same food production so farmers and farm workers were not called up unless they wanted to be 鈥� they could volunteer but they were not 鈥榗onscripted鈥�.

This story was submitted to the People鈥檚 War site by Becky Barugh of the 大象传媒 Radio Shropshire CSV Action Desk on behalf of Herbert Lewis and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

See more of Herbert's stories:

• A long sort of sock
• 鈥滱ll genuine tickets please鈥�
• All sorts
• I had to sit on the front of the tank
• 鈥橩itted out for civilian life鈥�
• My only night in a shelter
• Riding a horse up the steps
• It seemed a bit of a silly thing to have to do
• The first of the V1鈥檚
• There was always plenty of cheese
• We weren鈥檛 told鈥�

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