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    Read This - People's War
    Beds, Herts and Bucks in World War Two

    Enigma MachineIt has taken 10 years and about 60 volunteers, to rebuild a replica of the Turing Bombe.

    Top secretIt may not have a coast or a big city, but Beds played a key role in Britain's WW2 war effort!

    HMS BedfordshireHMS Bedfordshire became one of the many wartime casualties in the battle for the Atlantic.

    Glenn Miller.Cyril Drake worked with Glenn Miller during the war, 60 years on he explains what he was really like

    Milton Bryan signA small Bedfordshire village is home to one of the most amazing stories of World War Two.

    Private property signDid you think code breaking at Bletchley Park was the only top secret thing going on around MK?

    Jim LewisJim was evacuated from bomb-wrecked Westminster aged two and eventually settled in St Albans.

    Churchill TankIn WW2, when the British Army were down to their last 100 tanks, it called on Vauxhall Motors.

    Wendy and Peter MoonThere were no Tweenies or Fimbles for Wendy, only a Mickey Mouse gas mask and an absent father.

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