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'I didn't talk about Bletchley Park to my husband.....we were married 50 years'.
Helen Andrews volunteered for the British Army at the age of 17. She was a private with the Royal Corps of Signals and was sent to Bletchley Park to work as a translator. She’s now a Chelsea Pensioner. To mark the D-Day anniversary, Woman's Hour presenter Jane Garvey spoke to Helen, who lives at the Royal Hospital Chelsea alongside some 300 other retired soldiers.
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