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    Joan, Gertrude May Russell (decd)

    Hi everyone. I have information relating to Joan GM Russell. Joan was a friend of my mother Barbara Richards at the time and they worked at Higgs Motors in Witton. They were walking home on the evening of the 19thNovember 1940 when the sirens went off. They decided to visit the soldiers manning...
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    WWII Barrage Balloon Sites

    There was a barrage balloon site at King Edwards Sports Ground in Trinity Road. it received a direct hit on Tuesday 19th November 1940. nine of the eleven people on the site at the time died. My mother 17 year old Barbara Richards was buried under the rubble for 36 hours, her friend Joan Russell...
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