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but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.ll do you write about every day?" because some of them were 17 and 18 pages long! and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never, ever thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnet. during the war, he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say munitions, it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the coast, you know. yep. "big bertha", we called our one that was on our kent coast. by all accounts, if they got scratched at all they wouldn't fire. every time i was night work, i did everybody's hair for them. i washed it and rolled it up when i went in, and i combed it out before they went home. and of course, the supervisor couldn't grumble because she was the first one to have hers done. audrey was next tasked with helping to manufacture aircraft fuel tanks, just one of the two women in the factory small enough t
but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.ll do you write about every day?" because some of them were 17 and 18 pages long! and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never, ever thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnet. during the war, he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say...
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but over 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts. and 18 pages long and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnett. during the war he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say munitions, it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the coast, you know. big bertha, we told our one that was on the kent coast. by one that was on the kent coast. by all accounts, if you got scratched at all —— if they got scratched at all —— if they got scratched at all they would not fire. idid scratched at all they would not fire. i did everybody‘s care for them, i was dead and wrote it up when i went in and i combed it out before they went home, and of course, the supervisor couldn't grumble because she was the one to go first. audrey was tasked helping manufacture aircraft fuel tanks, just one of the two women in the factory who wer
but over 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts. and 18 pages long and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnett. during the war he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say munitions, it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the...
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but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.about every day?" because some of them were 17 and 18 pages long! and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never, ever thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnett. during the war, he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say "munitions", it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the coast, you know. yep. "big bertha", we called our one that was on our kent coast. by all accounts, if they got scratched at all they wouldn't fire. every time i was night work, i did everybody‘s hairfor them. i washed it and rolled it up when i went in, and i combed it out before they went home. and of course, the supervisor couldn't grumble because she was the one to have hers. audrey was next tasked with helping to manufacture aircraft fuel tanks, just one of the two women in the factory small enough to crawl into the tank and
but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.about every day?" because some of them were 17 and 18 pages long! and joe used to say it was as if i was in the next room, he never, ever thought he was apart from me. joe was a talented footballer who once met the king while playing for barnett. during the war, he served with the royal medical army corps while his young wife worked in a munitions factory. when you say...
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but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.y munitions, it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the coast, you know. yep. "big bertha", we called our one that was on our kent coast. by all accounts, if they got scratched at all they wouldn't fire. every time i was night work, i did everybody's hair for them. i washed it and rolled it up when i went in, and i combed it out before they went home. and of course, the supervisor couldn't grumble because she was the first one to have hers done. audrey was next tasked with helping to manufacture aircraft fuel tanks, just one of the two women in the factory small enough to crawl into the tank and by torchlight finish off its interior. and then they pulled us out by our feet. withjoe now in northern germany, news came through on the radio at home that hitler was dead and the war, in europe at least, was over. people were dancing in the street so we joined them. all the lights were on, you know. and fairy lights and everything! i thought that was the
but through more than 700 letters, joe and audrey gerrans were never far from each other‘s thoughts.y munitions, it makes you feel you were brave. we made 3.7, and they were the big guns on the coast, you know. yep. "big bertha", we called our one that was on our kent coast. by all accounts, if they got scratched at all they wouldn't fire. every time i was night work, i did everybody's hair for them. i washed it and rolled it up when i went in, and i combed it out before they went...