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"The Army pay was very little really, I used to get 39 shillings a week, and 17 shillings of that was...

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I was at Aldershot, and Bletchley Park part of the time, but I had to resign — the children were...

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I used to take it to my mother and she would cook it, and the children thought it was chicken, because my...

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"Clothing Coupons, I think we had 26, I can't remember now how long, what period of time that...

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In fact they cultivated a Yorkshire accent, Keith more so than Bruce, and they seemed quite settled there....

Irene’s Mother’s Response to War: Making Do and Grievingicon for Recommended story

"Of course, my sister being killed upset my mother very, very much, and also my brother having to leave...

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"While I was living in Hayes, before the bomb that affected all the buildings, houses etc. blew all the...

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"Well actually the doodlebug thing, was the type of bomb that wounded my sister so badly... But he said...

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I mean, he was company secretary to this big company, and he was like a kingpin really. As well as that he...

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There was Lord Woolton, he was the Food Minister, and there used to be a pie that we made, and it was...

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"One winter we had lots and lots of snow... Lots of snow....

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