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Born as War Broke Out

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yeovilcvs
People in story: 
Mrs Pat Riggs
Location of story: 
Thornford, Sherborne. Dorset
Background to story: 
Civilian
Article ID: 
A3396477
Contributed on: 
11 December 2004

At 11 am on 3rd September, 1939 as Neville Chamberlain was annoucing that war had been declared on Germany, I am born at home at the Coffee Tavern in Thornford. I was indeed a war baby.

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