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Memories and music from the 1940s
Kate Clark celebrates the 1940s with music and memories from the decade dominated by WW2.
Kate Clark celebrates the 1940s with music and memories from the decade dominated by WW2.
Hear stories from Peggy Birkin who came to Uley as an 11 year old evacuee; Jan Tribe remembers a bomb dropping in her grandparent’s garden and Mike Williams always rushed home at 6.45pm to catch "Dick Barton – Special Agent on the wireless".
The stories are interwoven with music from the 1940s including George Formby, Vera Lynn, Flanagan and Allen and Marlene Dietrich.
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Mon 30 May 201618:00
BBC Radio Gloucestershire
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