- Contributed by
- janhewett
- People in story:
- Jean Wills
- Location of story:
- Cranfield
- Background to story:
- Civilian
- Article ID:
- A8921144
- Contributed on:
- 28 January 2006
“This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Jan Hewett, a volunteer from ѿý Three Counties Action at The British Legion on behalf of Jean Wills and has been added to this site with his/her permission. The person fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.”
Name:Jean Wills nee Roberts.
Location: Cranfield.
Title:Recycling for Victory
I was in the Girl Guides. Grimmers had a shop, a garage in Bedford Road. On our bicycles we had lamps with big batteries. We had to take back old bicycle lamps and when the batteries were handed back we, children took the black stuff that surrounds the battery, clipped that off and took out the “carbon rods”. These were sent back to the factory to make new batteries. It was probably Ever Ready, but I can’t really recall.
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