London being bombed during WW2
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Interviewee name: Bill Avis
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Bill Avis talks about bombs falling on London during the Second World War, collecting shrapnel, and picking up something and taking it home that was more dangerous than he thought!
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- BOMB DISPOSAL
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1 Comment so far
from Stuart Prebble 2009-05-18 07:14:37
Great story - "look Mum, at what I found i the street." "How lovely Bill, it's a bomb!"
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