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In 1940, My Nan was sitting in her garden on the top of a hill with her Mum and Dad and her...
I lived at 25 Silwood Street, Rotherhithe at the begining of the war with my parents, older brother &...
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After one returning from France, one Squadron returned with a goat that they had captured....
I worked in the WAAF as a radar operator... On the bases we had large towers which the men had to climb...
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