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Home Front Stories
Click on the links below to read testimonies of life on the Home Front in Middlesbrough during WW2.
The stories were gathered as part of the exhibition ‘All Clear’ on show at the museum from the 11th October 2005 to 26th February 2006.
Ken Barwick
Subjects: Anderson shelter; Bombing the Rec; Rationing; Evacuation.
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Mavis Barwick
Subjects: Evacuation; Back Home; Watching the bombs; Rationing; VE Day; Girl’s Friendly Society
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Norma Bass
Subjects: First day of the War; Fire Watch; ATS
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Walter Catchpole
Subjects: Bombing of Dorman Long
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Mary Clifford
Subjects: Cannon Street bombing; VE Day
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Douglas Emms
Subjects: Evacuation
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Yvonne Harland
Subjects: Air Raids; Family at War; School
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Joyce Johnson
Subjects: Air Raids; Family at War; School
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Ken Kerr
Subjects: Land Army; Getting Married
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Jean Kerr
Subjects: Gas Cupboard; School; Games; Bombing; Rationing; Dad’s Return; German Neighbours
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June Mansfield
Subjects: Evacuation; War Declared; Street Shelter; Rationing
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Dorothy March
Subjects: ATS; Brother at War; First Drink
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Lily McNichol
Subjects: Play; The Chocolate Shop; War Declared; Cannon Street bombing; Women’s Work; Salvation Army
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Barbara Rafferty
Subjects: The Italian; Amusement; King & Queen’s visit
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Joan Stobbs
Subjects: Evacuation; Work; Jitterbug; Cinema
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Joyce Taylor
Subjects: Shrapnel; Dig for Victory; Army Grey Coat; Getting Married; The Pubs
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Second World War artefacts