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15 October 2014
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Raising Funds For The Merchant Navy

by 大象传媒 Learning Centre Gloucester

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Audry Knowles
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Winster Matlock Derbyshire
Background to story:听
Civilian
Article ID:听
A6905270
Contributed on:听
12 November 2005

I can remember my mother Lydia Knowles holding raffles for the Merchant Navy. We used to frequent the Bowling Green Inn.
We used to hold dances once a month at the Burton Institute.
The Italian prisoners of war were stationed at the Hall in Winster.
I also remember in Darley Dale there was a huge Billet which took up the whole park, in fact they filled in the lake to make more room for all the huts.
I remember seeing the searchlights scouring the sky for enemy aircraft.

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