Features

A Cause for Celebration?

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19 July 2016

On 8 June 1946, George VI sent this message to every schoolchild in Britain: “To-day as we celebrate victory, I send this personal message to you and all other boys and girls at school. For you have shared in the hardships and dangers of a total war and you have shared no less in the…
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My First Job – Brewing with Serpents

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2 November 2010

Vinegar making was more of an art than a science.
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Film Star Favourite – Glynis Johns

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2 November 2010

One of the brightest faces – and most distinctive voices ‒ of 1940s-50s British cinema, Glynis Johns enchanted British audiences with her flirtatious, wide-eyed charm and uniquely melodic, purring tones.
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Hospital Life for Me

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2 November 2010

A childhood spent in a hospital bed.
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Lancastrian Rail Tour

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12 January 2010

An emotional journey as British main line steam travel gasped its final breath.
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When the Ration Book Ruled!

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12 January 2010

Life with wartime shortages.
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Bolthole to the Past

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12 January 2010

Building an Anderson shelter.
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Granny’s Magic Potatoes

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12 January 2010

How Granny’s chip pan fed the local kids.
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A Force To Be Reckoned With

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12 January 2010

Becoming a Sixties’ police cadet.
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A Countryside Childhood

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12 January 2010

Delights of growing up in the 1920s’ Fens.
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