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The Darby Family in the mid 1950s (Peter's in the beret) |
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The Hethel Schoolchildren in 1955 |
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Sylvia and Jean playing outside their hut |
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389th Memorial Chapel: the church they attended as children |
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Chapel: Airmen had painted the crucifix on the wall during the war |
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The Hawkes Family: Alfie with 3 of his sisters and Mrs Grimes |
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Peter Darby taking a break with his dog Gnasha last summer 2002 |
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Brenda Carlisle, age 5, at Hemel Camp School |
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Brenda Carlisle, in the middle, with her family in 2002 |
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The Lost Village
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Peter Darby and Brenda Carlisle reminisce what it was like for their family and others living in Hethel after the war. It was not a village as such - but a former United States Air Force Base which had been converted into living accommodation. |
