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- Severn Valley Railway
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- R Hobson
- Location of story:Ìý
- Blakedown, Worcestershire
- Article ID:Ìý
- A3913139
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- 18 April 2005
My father was in the local platoon of the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Guard in 1940, which was known as the Local Defence Volunteers (L.D.V.). I used to follow them around and about Blakedown with my friends. We hid in the bracken in the local woods and watched them training, they never spotted us.
(This story was submitted to the People's War site by a volunteer from Wyre Forest Volunteer Bureau on behalf of Mr Hobson and has been added to this site with his permission. Mr Hobson fully understands the site's terms and conditions.)
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