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<p dir="ltr">Margaret Lilian Banks was a cook in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She maintained a diary with a record of recipes for meals. It started in November 1943.<br>She was based in Guildford. She later recounted stories about her time. She mentioned having her fingernails checked every day. The ovens had no temperature gauge. So, cooking involved a lot of guesswork. The diary included an order for Christmas Day at No.7, ATS Training Centre. It is autographed on the second side.<br></p>