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Recent content by Robin Bates

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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    Thank you. I'll leave it - but I will be extra-vigilant.
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    Hello Lucy How lovely to have a response to my post; thank you. I'm sorry you lost your Mum in 2020. My grandmother kept copies of my Mum's letters from Davos; when I received your message this morning I trawled through them. I found two mentions of your Mum Diana and one mention of a group...
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    Davos, Switzerland Sunday Mercury & Kunzle

    My mother, Nanette Scriven, was sent from the Birmingham Children's Hospital to The British Children's Home in Davos in June 1939 with a group of five other children. She was 11 years old. War broke out and they couldn't get home - so an initial stay of three months turned into three years...
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