Bonjour bébé - Marion Bloom's Wartime Memoirs
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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:14 authored by Their Finest Hour Project TeamThese are Marion Rosen Bloom's memories of wartime life: her sudden departure from France back to London just before war broke out, her evacuation to Dorset and return to home in Acton, wartime London and the Blitz, and her life and marriage after the war's end.
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1. Certificate of service in the National Fire Service 2. Cover song sheet "Battez les Coeurs" (Beat, Every Heart), by Andre Bernheim 3. Welcome Home Certificate from the Mayor of the Borough of Paddington (to Emil Bloom) 4. Food Ration book and coupons 5. Clothing Ration book and coupons 6. 2 photos of Emil 7. Emil Bloom's photo album, "West Africa" 8. Still of wartime footage - D-Day landings - Emil's brother, Alex Bloom, a bespectacled officer leading British troops ashorePerson the story/items relate to
Marion Rosen Bloom (and Emil Bloom - husband)Person who shared the story/items
Marion Rosen BloomRelationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
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Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.Record ID
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