- Contributed by听
- cambsaction
- People in story:听
- Margaret Gray
- Location of story:听
- Bridgewater, Somerset
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A7979331
- Contributed on:听
- 22 December 2005
鈥淚 can remember that at school we used to vie with one another to have the most fashionable gas mask holder. You took your gas mask holder out of the box and put it in your green rexine and put a zip across the top, with a shoulder strap; and then you carried it around (like an accessory); the idea was that you bought them and added your own 鈥榖its and pieces鈥 to them. My sister was always getting into trouble, because she鈥檇 use hers almost as a weapon. We certainly didn鈥檛 carry them in those nasty cardboard boxes; we had these nice stylish bags.鈥
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