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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:37 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

Stories from her Grandmother who was a child in WW2. Remembered tanks going through village (Chillmark, was a document storage), rationing and saving points for sweets. Father was involved in testing waterproofing of vehicles for North Africa.

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Wartime picture (?) of Salisbury Cathedral

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Christine Scoffield.

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Christine Scurfield

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Grandmother

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Shared at Hungerford Library, Berkshire on 30 November 2023.

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114213 | HUN002

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