Pilot Bill Ison recalls the East Anglia of the past, and Dr Ruth Swetnam explains how vital it was for the war effort as well as a tool to understand the massive changes the British countryside underwent.

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Pilot Bill Ison recalls the East Anglia of the past, and Dr Ruth Swetnam explains how vital it was for the war effort as well as a tool to understand the massive changes the British countryside underwent.

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