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Bill and Ivy Furlong's Wartime Letters

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Personal letters between my parents (Bill and Ivy Furlong) during war time from 1940 to 1941 covering initial call-up of my father and adjusting to army life, alongside life on the home front with bombing and food restrictions from my mother's perspective.

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Three books of transcripts I have published for my family which includes personal photographs, telegrams and letters from that period

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William James Furlong a.k.a. Bill and Ivy Sybil Furlong a.k.a. Ann

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Michael Furlong

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My parents

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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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92598

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