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This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Lesley Carrick of the Norfolk Learning Partnership on behalf of Chris Morter and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site’s terms and conditions.

I remember my parents talking about Hempstead Hall where my mother grew up. She told me a story about the Italian PoW’s who worked on the farm. They used to take the farm door off its hinges and prop it up with a stick and a stone. When birds got under the door they’d trap them to eat by pulling the stick away with string.

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