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- Cyril from Cheltenham
- Location of story:听
- Bourton - on - the - Water.
- Background to story:听
- Civilian Force
- Article ID:听
- A4323863
- Contributed on:听
- 01 July 2005
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Living in Bourton-on-the-Water during WW2, and an AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service) Unit was formed. I was made (at the age of 14) the messenger boy. As nobody hardly had telephones in those days.We had a telephone,and received the calls. I was volunteered. As they had a fire - bell, but when rung, the Home Guard turned up! Bourton had a big Car and trailer pump (Reg. No COE 402)and the AFS was regularly called out to various places that had been bombed, including Birmingham, Coventry, Bristol, Cardiff and Plymouth.
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