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We had elderly drivers because most of the young ones had gone off to fight, and sometimes we would have...
I was working in the Co-op laundry in Wallsend when war broke out, so that's where I stayed because...
I got a job in the Arlington cafe in Seven Sisters road, which was run by a very nice lady named Eileen...
My brother John was in the Highland Light Infantry. At that time he was stationed in Glasgow. My brothers...
The bus windows were darkened and the buses didn't stop if the sirens went off... My worst memory was...
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The local doctor's son had joined the RAF and left his 350 Norton in the garage... We put the Norton in...
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