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Joan and Bob Hughes on their wedding day

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The couple will celebrate their diamond anniversary in 2005

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A Christmas message sent to Bob from Viscount Bernard Law Montgomery

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A plaque celebrating Bob's battle honours

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A Nazi flag which Bob took from an enemy tank in Africa

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A suggested menu from a 24-hour ration kit

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German propaganda leaflets were fired over the Allied troops

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Troops celebrated Christmas day with a piece of chicken and two pieces of bread

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Bob and his brother in law Tom Gregg posing outside Number 10 Downing Street

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Joan kept all of the letters Bob sent her during the war