Archive for March, 1942

Wed Mar 11 8.40. PM. [1942]
# RON AT RAF WALTHAM WHILE BINBROOK SNOWED UP
# PANCAKE TREATS FOR ALL
# COASTGUARDS ISSUED WITH BEACH PASSES
# STRICT WASTE RECYCLING REGULATIONS
# BINBROOK WELLINGTONS BOMB RENAULT FACTORY

Talking of starlings, Ron says Mr Russell was...
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Sat Mar. 7/42 8.45 pm
# DEEP SNOW AT RAF BINBROOK
# MILK REDUCED IN PRICE
# UP TO 3 YEARS FORECAST FOR WAR VICTORY

Snow and frost still persist tho’ it thawed a...
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Friday Mar 6 8.30 P.M. [1942]
# HEAVY SNOW RETURNS TO SKEGNESS AREA
# RON RESUMES AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENT DUTIES
# CONSCRIPTED NIECE EVA VISITS
# MEATLESS DAYS IN LONDON RESTAURANTS

Oh dear! Snow again and we hoped it had all gone....
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Mon Mar. 2nd 42 9.15 P.M.
# ALLOWANCE FROM RON’S WAGES
# MURDER vs. WAR-KILLING QUANDRY
# GERMAN PRISONERS QUOTED IN DAILY MAIL

Very cold and raw to-day with mist hanging about...
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Sun Mar 1 /42 9 o.c. pm
# NEW SKEGNESS SAVINGS BANK VISITED
# NEWS OF SERVING NEPHEWS
# CANNED FRUIT PLENTIFUL IN SKEGNESS SHOPS
# EX NEIGHBOUR VISITED
# GERMAN EQUIPMENT CAPTURED IN DARING RAID

March did not come in like a lion, however it may...
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