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The girls that were chosen for staff car drivers were given a further 2 or 3 months in the Lake District...
I have fond memories of Woking, we often got invited to Purbright to attend dances before the troops were...
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I think it must have been just pre-war, and they decided to build a Royal Ordnance Factory on the outskirts...
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