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In Tansor village there was a big house called Tansor Court. It stood in large grounds by the river. The soldiers were stationed there and the big army lorries were compounded there.

I remember seeing the soldiers around the village; my older cousin eventually married one of them.

Another soldier married a local girl and although he was widowed a few years ago he regularly visits and sees the local people who he still remembers from the war days.

American servicemen were billeted in Polebrook and surrounding areas. There were several smaller aerodromes around Oundle.

I remember cycling through the village as a child and they would give us sweets and chewing gum. One of my cousins married an American and now lives in California.

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