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VE DAY SPECIAL: "I remember them being very strict about rations, especially as we had our own pigs"

In this VE Day special, Betty Wilkinson who was born in 1936 in Lancashire,

Emily Ashworth
Digital Editor
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VE DAY SPECIAL: "I remember them being very strict about rations, especially as we had our own pigs"

I remember gathering around the wireless [during the war] when the news and updates were on, and we all had to keep quiet. It was very serious. You know, they [Germans] were coming over here. It was quite...

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