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Alfred Wilding of Lostock Hall, Preston, remembers -. I went into the main hall to get stripped down to my...
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My first Memory of the war was seeing a man in long dark clothing, some sort of headgear and goggles...
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One day, when I was about 4 or 5, I remember him sitting at our dining table drinking a cup of tea...
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We went to a British restaurant for a meal at the end of the day if there was anyone left in Bootle...
My father's sister lived in Sale, near Manchester and if there was an air-raid on over Manchester...
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