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This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Norman Hassall, and has been added to the site with the author permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.

These memories are taken from a special edition of a newsletter kindly submitted by Longstone Local History Group. It was edited by Liz Greenfield and published in Autumn 2002. Longstone was a village which sheltered evacuees and was comparatively unaffected by air attack, although the night sky was often lit by the fires of the Sheffield Blitz.

Longstone Local History Group - Norman Hassall’s Story
By
Norman Hassall
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Introduction: A7887487

Roy Finney’s Story: A7887784

Frank, A and S Hurst: A7888396

Flames of Sheffield: A7888657

Molly Thornhill’s Story: A7888882

Tony Greenfield’s Story: A7889133

Martin Simon’s Story: A7889557

Stella Holmes’ Story: A7889971

Home defence remembered: A7890230

Burma servicemen Remembered: A7890492

Norman Hoare’s Story: A7891004

Women’s Institute: A7891888

One family’s War Part One: A7892562

One Family’s War Part Two: A7893534

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(Furniss and Hassall, the local building firm) This extract is from a recording made in 1988

Naturally, during the war, all building work ceased. I joined up in the 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment. I went through to Lubeck. I was in charge of maintenance on all vehicles. I had some hair-raising experiences, but was never wounded. Peter Furniss wasn't called up but kept the firm going with a contract for making boxes for submarine batteries for the DP Battery Company at Bakewell.

Of course after the war there was plenty of building work and we got the contract for building the council houses on Glebe Avenue and carried on from there!

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