- Contributed byÌý
- British Schools Museum
- People in story:Ìý
- Betty Goble nee Bentley
- Location of story:Ìý
- Thornton Heath, Surrey
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A4422917
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 10 July 2005
Parachutes on the panels show progress towards the week's target
A4422917 Submitted by the British Schools Museum, Hitchin, with the permission of the writer, Mrs Betty Goble.
At Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School in Thornton Heath, Surrey we took part in ‘Salute the Soldier Week’. For every £2 donated each class was awarded a ‘paratrooper’ to stick on that class’s panel. The target for the week was £500, but we raised £756 — and 6d. Another year there was a collection outside the town hall. Local people were asked to donate a 2s 6d National Savings stamp and to stick it onto the outer case of a large bomb shell. I remember it as being very rusty.
Other stories from Mrs Goble can be found at articles A4422980, A4423033, A7349259, A7349493, A7349808.
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