Authors: Julie Summers
ambulance drivers
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American Women’s Voluntary Service
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Amies, Hardy
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Amor, Mrs
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Anderson, Sir John
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Andow, Mrs
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Anglesey County Federation
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Anglesey, Lady
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animal slaughter
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pig farming
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poultry-keeping
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rabbit breeding
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annual general meetings
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1938
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1939
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1943
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Ashover WI
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Associated Countrywomen of the World
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Audlem WI
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Austerity Britain
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Baggrow and Blennerhasset WI
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Bainbridge, Elsie
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Baker, Mrs A.T. 180
Balcombe, Sussex
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Balsall Common WI
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Bank of England
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Barham with Kingston WI
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Bark, Dr Gwen M.
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Barnet House, Oxford
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Barrow
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BBC Home Service
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Beaconsfield WI
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Beatles
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Beaton, Cecil
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Belgium
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Benbow, Alwyn
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Berkshire County Federation
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Berkswell WI
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Betchworth WI
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Bevan, Aneurin
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Beveridge, Sir William
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billeting, compulsory
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billeting officers
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birth rate, UK
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Blackwell WI
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Blagg, Mrs
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Blanche, Kitty
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Bledlow Ridge WI
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Bletchley Park
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Blewitt, Mrs Denys
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Blitz
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Blunt, Maggie Joy
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Board of Trade
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Bondfield, Margaret
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bone salvage scheme
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Botley WI
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Boult, Sir Adrian
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Bradfield
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Bradfield WI
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rationing
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British and Allied Comforts and Victims of War Fund
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British Expeditionary Force
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British Sailors’ Society
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British War Relief Society
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Broadway WI
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Brunner, Lady
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bucket lavatories
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Buckinghamshire County Federation
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Bucklebury
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Bude WI
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Burrough on the Hill WI
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Burton and Puddington WI
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Burton Joyce and Bulcote WI
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Cambridgeshire County Federation
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camouflage net garnishing
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Canada
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Canadian troops
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canning
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mobile canning vans
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risks
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canteens
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British restaurants
Canterbury
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Canterbury, Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of
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Carnegie UK Trust
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Catlin, K.M.
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Cefn WI
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Central Housing Advisory Committee
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Cercles des Fermières
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Chalfont St Giles WI
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Chamberlain, Neville
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Channel Islands
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Charlton on Otmoor WI
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Cheshire County Federation
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chess sets
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child evacuees
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adjustment difficulties
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bed-wetting
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entertainment
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head lice
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health and hygiene
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knitting and sewing for
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mothers and infants
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overseas
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parental visits
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private evacuees
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schools
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selection process
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shoe and boot collections for
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skin complaints
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social problems
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teachers and support staff
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children
child health
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clothes rationing
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education
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experiences of wartime
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parties
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child evacuees
Christie Hospital, Manchester
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Christmas celebrations
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Churchill, Clementine
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Churchill, Winston
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Cirencester WI
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City League of Help
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civilian casualties
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Clayton, Miss
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Close, Mrs
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children
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non-rationed items
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school uniforms
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shoes
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clothing
hats
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Make Do and Mend campaign
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reusing and repairing
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second-hand
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stockings
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utility clothing
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washing and drying
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clothes rationing; knitting and sewing
Co-operative Fruit Preservation Scheme
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Coleshill Fruit Preservation Centre
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Colossus computer
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competitions
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Coningsby and Tattershall WI
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cookery demonstrations
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cooperative agricultural societies
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cottage industries, promotion of
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cotton reel collections
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Council for Maternity and Child Welfare
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Council for the Encouragment of Music and the Arts
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Cowdray Club
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Cowley, Mrs
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Cox, Vera
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Craft Guild
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crafts
basket-making
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commemorative embroidery
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glove-making
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revival
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rush work
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slipper-making
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spinning
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thrift crafts
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toy-making
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knitting and sewing
Craigen, Miss
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Criccieth WI
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