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- WMCSVActionDesk
- People in story:Ìý
- Beatrice Samuels
- Location of story:Ìý
- Yardley Wood, Birmingham
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A5331232
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 26 August 2005
I can remember making an outfit from the blackout curtains after the war. It was a two-piece skirt and top (the top was sleeveless). The shirt had ric-rak in for pleats.
I went to yardley wood community centre. There would have been a man with a gramaphone doing the entertainment.
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