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Mrs Hurst’s memories
A friend of mine told me, who is 100 years old now, his brother was killed in ww1 and he was only 18. When he died he was wrapped up in a blanket and the military sent his mother a bill for the blanket he was wrapped up in.

I remember always having to take gas masks to school. I can only remember the noises of the air raids but not much as I was only 5 when the war ended. Although I remember the VE day.

Mr Hurst’s memories
I remember the victory parade and watching the tanks coming through the streets.

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