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German POW story, "Last Flight" Lancaster tale, Wilf Shaw goes to church, Stop Press headlines, much more.
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26 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
125 (PART TWO) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO
Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART TWO
Part Two of a Stop Press Party as we read through more fascinating newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Britain, bombers, blimps and the silly adverts.
Hear about all the war time drama as it happened yesterday!
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See Episode 124 for Part One
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25 Nov 2025TRANSCRIPT
124 (PART ONE) Britain's Darkest WW2 Newspaper Headlines 1940 PART ONE
Part One of a Stop Press Party as we read through the exciting newspaper headlines of Second World War 1940 - the London Blitz, Battle of Britain, bombers, blimps and the silly adverts. Hear about all the war time drama as it happened yesterday!
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126 Christmas at War 2025 WW2
Published 13 Dec 2025 · Transcript excerpt
[…] After a general roll call, they lined us up in single file, then we had to walk up to a table where German officers were sitting. They were taking everyone's information to register us at the camp. We were led away in groups and had taken to different dorm buildings. Each room had 16 bunks, but there were over 16 people in each room. My brother and I climbed up onto one bunk to claim our space. The mattresses were made of straw and covered with a thin layer of sackcloth or burlap. We started bouncing on the fluffier mattress until Mother scolded us for flattening it. I was starving. We got used to the meager food. […]
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