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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.
 To get Adobe Acrobat Reader click here
 Ken
Barwick
Subjects:
Anderson shelter; Bombing the Rec; Rationing; Evacuation
Mavis
Barwick
Subjects:
Evacuation; Back Home; Watching the bombs; Rationing; VE Day;
Girl's Friendly Society
Norma
Bass
Subjects:
First day of the War; Fire Watch; ATS
Walter
Catchpole
Subjects:
Bombing of Dorman Long
Mary
Clifford
Subjects:
Cannon Street bombing; VE Day
Douglas
Emms
Subjects:
Evacuation
Yvonne
Harland
Subjects:
Air Raids; Family at War; School
Joyce
Johnson
Subjects:
Land Army; Getting Married
Ken
Kerr
Subjects:
Evacuation; War Declared; Shelter
Jean
Kerr
Subjects:
Evacuation; War Declared; Street Shelter; Rationing
June
Mansfield
Subjects:
Gas Cupboard; School; Games; Bombing; Rationing; Dad's
Return; German Neighbours
Dorothy
March
Subjects:
ATS; Brother at War; First Drink
Lily
McNichol
Subjects:
Play; The Chocolate Shop; War Declared; Cannon Street
bombing; Women's Work; Salvation Army
Barbara
Rafferty
Subjects:
The Italian; Amusement; King & Queen's visit
Joan
Stobbs
Subjects:
Evacuation; Work; Jitterbug; Cinema
Joyce
Taylor
Subjects:
Shrapnel; Dig for Victory; Army Grey Coat; Getting
Married; The Pubs
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