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Random strike hits seaside town

30th May 1943: The Women's Voluntary Service is still needed as bombers kill 21 children in Sunday School

May 30, 2023
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A Royal Engineer smiles for the camera in front of the WVS tea car, donated to the WVS by the American Red Cross. He is holding a mug of tea and a fruit pie, which are his 3 o'clock afternoon tea, purchased from the WVS tea car. The Royal Engineers had been building bridges across bomb craters in main throughfares and this photograph was taken somewhere…

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