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Little cheer on the Home Front

11th April 1943: For women in Britain the war grinds on, with few opportunities for entertainment and danger always in the background

Apr 11, 2023
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Women war workers from the small West Country arms factory of J & F Pool Ltd in Hayle, Cornwall, which had produced one million trench mortar bombs, being shown how to fire the bombs on a range.

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