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Longstone Local History Group — Introduction

Longstone Local History Group
Memories of the Second World War
Autumn 2002
Newsletter No. 13
a special edition of the newsletter
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Roy Finney’s Story: A7887784

Frank, A and S Hurst: A7888396

Flames of Sheffield: A7888657

Molly Thornhill’s Story: A7888882

Tony Greenfield’s Story: A7889133

Martin Simon’s Story: A7889557

Stella Holmes’ Story: A7889971

Home defence remembered: A7890230

Burma servicemen Remembered: A7890492

Norman Hoare’s Story: A7891004

Norman Hassal’s Story: A7891202

Women’s Institute: A7891888

One family’s War Part One: A7892562

One Family’s War Part Two: A7893534

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Introduction
The annual newsletter of Longstone Local History Group has a section called Memories. This year, we decided to encourage anybody who remembered the second world war and its effects on Longstone to share their memories with us. The entire newsletter is devoted to their responses.

We are grateful to all those who have shared their memories with us and to Hilary Clarke and Sheila Hurst who have encouraged and cajoled our contributors. This collection is the result of their hard work.

Each memory is under the name of the contributor. Some memories are fragments, others tell a story. Some are repeated. Together they build an impression of life in the village. Some statements are simple but convey so much. `We had a quiet war didn't we?’ 'I saw the devastation in Sheffield', `All the youngsters seemed to have left the village', `I went through to Lubeck.' `I was a dispatch rider at the Khyber Pass'

This is a picture of a village working hard for the war effort, of children having fun, of the disruption of people's lives and of tragedy when servicemen did not return. This is a village, which sheltered evacuees, and was comparatively unaffected by air attack. But the night sky in Longstone was lit by the fires of the Sheffield blitz.

For those who experienced the war, this newsletter will bring back memories both happy and sad. Those who are too young to remember may understand a little more.

If anyone can add to these memories we will be happy to print a supplement.

I am grateful to my husband, Tony, for his many hours of hard labour in preparing this document for the printer.

Liz Greenfield editor.

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