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Before war broke out I had been sewing and examining these cases for the textile company Tootal, Broadbent...
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We manned telephone switchboard and it took down reports from other police forces and Scotland Yard and to...
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My father was in the local police and my sister worked for the Min.of Food at King's Hall in Stoke and...
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I didn't as I was too busy watching its dog fight — the first German bomber was disabled and...
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