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- CSV Action Desk Leicester
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- Gladys May Green (Smith)
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- Leicestershire
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- A5494881
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- 02 September 2005
I was born in Swanington and married in 1939 in a costume at 8am at Swanington Church.
My husband was in the army and I didn't see him for 5 years.
Whilst my husband was away we moved to Melbourne Street and then Vaughan Street where we lived for 25 years.
My husband was a butcher at Wards the Butcher. He retired and we moved to Park Road.
I have been widowed for 20 years.
For VE Day we had a party in Vaughan Street and I worked at Clutsom Kemp during the war years.
I worked 6am - 10am and then 2pm — 6pm and the other shift was 10am — 2pm and then 6pm — 10pm.
I was a weaver then.
I remember the bombing in Owen Street.
This story was told to Pam McGowan and submitted to the People's War Website by Lisa Reeves of CSV Action Desk Leicester on behalf of Gladys May Green and has been added with her permission.
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