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- National Trust WW2 Rural Learning Events
- People in story:Ìý
- Mary Crawford
- Location of story:Ìý
- Around Bromsgrove
- Article ID:Ìý
- A3941165
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 23 April 2005
I was 14 when the war broke out. I helped at Barnsley Hall when the Dunkerque soldiers were billeted there for recovery. I helped in R1 ward making the tea etc.
Later on I went and worked in the BSA factory making tank track links. I was always cutting my hands on the sharp edges. The gasses in the factory upset my lungs so I had to leave. I went to Severn Stoke and worked with the land army. I learnt to milk a cow. I helped with calving and lambing. I liked feeding the ones that were rejected. The other girls called me “ Mary Mary “ because I had the little lambs. I had a good time and made lots of friends in the Land Army
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