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Bombers over Arrington

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cambsaction
People in story: 
Lilian Grace Tokley
Location of story: 
Arrington, Cambridgeshire
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A7942638
Contributed on: 
21 December 2005

Lilian Tokley was living and working on a farm at Arrington. At night she would see London lit up by the bombing. One night there was a drone of bombers going overhead going on for a long time. The next day she heard that Coventry had been badly bombed.

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