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I was seven years old, school was already closed and I was in the back with dad and mum doing a bit...
I am the youngest child of Alfred and Doris, Alfred known as George died Christmas 1976 as a result of...
It was a lady named Mrs Flynn, whose three grandchildren were with her; two little boys and a girl named...
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The Spitfire put its wing under the Doodlebug's wing and flipped it over, it dived to the ground and...
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