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Stories categorised in 'Cambridgeshire'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

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The Yanks

They seemed to be everywhere in town ,then a sleepy country town with one small main street . many...

Spies in Stanground

The other was in a derelict farm, and had broken his leg on landing. At Popples Farm near Peterborough a...

Down in the Dugout

I had to get up and drag on my siren suit, navy blue wool cloth with a "backdoor" in case I needed...

Tight-Rope Walking

My father was digging a big hole to bury a car in, to make an air-raid shelter. I'd seen a circus with...

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D-Day preparations at Cambridge

I was living in Cavendish Avenue in Cambridge and remember the army being billeted in a couple of local...

Bomb in Anderson's Field St Ives, Cambs

My friend Tom Anderson was ploughing one day and he found a big hole in the field....

Memories of Mepal, Cambridgeshire

We were married on the Tuesday — we cycled to Ely Registry Office from Mepal — and John had to...

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