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A Brush With Fame - The Glen Miller Band

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posted on 2024-06-05, 17:28 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

This is a letter sent to my grandmother from someone in the Glen Miller Band.

This story was shared during an in-person interview at a Digital Collection Day. A transcription of the interview is attached to this record.

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1. Letter to Winifred Fielden from an American nephew who was the saxophonist in the Glen Miller Band. Sent in 1944, pre-Glen's disappearance 2. Letter to Winifred and her husband after Glen's disappearance.

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Winifred Fielden

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Denise Theresa Barker

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Grandmother

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Shared at Todmorden Library, West Yorkshire on 24 November 2023.

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101873 | TOD008

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