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WW2 The Kings Thank You

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Letter sent to Terrance Henry Nunn in thanks for his service in the Home Guard during WW2.

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WW2 Ration Book issued to Alfred Chambers WW2

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WW2 Ration Book issued to Alfred Chambers WW2.Ration books were issued as there were shortages of everything during the war.

WW2 Queen Street - Two boys with an American airman

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WW2 Queen Street - Two boys with an American airman

WW2 evacuees report

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WW2 evacuees report

WW2 at home Display Poster

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WW2 at home - The Secret Army, News of Prisoners of war, The Observer Corps

WW2 The Home Guard manual

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WW2 The Home Guard Manual

WW1 Veterans meeting

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Veterans from the first World War meet together after the end of the second World War.

WW1 Recruits outside The White Hart

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WW1 recruits standing outside The White Hart Public House. Note the second door which nolonger is there. W141

WW1 Police Observation book 'Raids by hostile aircraft and men of war over East Suffolk' headed SECRET

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WW1 Police Observation book 'Raids by hostile aircraft and men of war over East Suffolk' headed SECRET

WW1 new recruits line up with regular soldiers

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WW1 new recruits line up with regular soldiers

Working on the new tennis courts 1939

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Working on the new tennis courts 1939 - John Corbett, J Grimwood, H Grayson

Working horse and cart

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working horse and cart

Wooden Cross marking the grave of Corporal James Nunn WW1

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Wooden Cross marking the grave of Corporal James Nunn WW1

Women's Football

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Women's Football

Woman with a bike

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Woman with a bike

Woman sitting on the grass

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Woman sitting on the grass

Woman in Fancy Dress at the Fancy Fair

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Woman in Fancy Dress at the Fancy Fair.

WJ Howe bill to H Thirkettle Esq

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WJ Howe bill to H Thirkettle Esq reads:
Dear Sir/ I beg to acknowledge the Receipt of you later . . . . 18.2.1911 for which I thank you
The contents of same have been . . . . I have the pleasure oto be your obedient S
WJ Howes

Witch Marks display poster

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Witch Marks display poster

Winnie Cunnel Mackintosh bus conductress during WW2

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Winnie Cunnell Mackintosh was a bus conductress during the second World War. She lost her job at the end of the war when the soldiers returned.

Winnie Cunnel Mackintosh - Redundancy Letter from Eastern Counties Bus Company

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Winnie Cunnel Mackintosh was a bus conductress during WW2. At the end of the war she was made redundant so that her job would be available to returning soldiers,

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Winifred and Bill Barber.

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Winifred and Bill Barber. Winifred was a midwife. She visited Stradbroke and met and fell in love with Bill..... they married and lived first near Beatie Honeybull's cottage on the Wilby Road and later near Mayhew’s Corner – where the photos were…

Windy Nook Cottage, New Street

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Windy Nook Cottage, New Street - Now demolished. The cottage was the home of Annie Mayhew and her three children from c1911 to 1931. Annie was the village midwife.