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This article continues the analysis of the SCOOP school magazines, produced by Long Marston School students during World War II.
Source; 13 year old Leslie Jones’s contribution to The Long Marston School Magazine SCOOP, 1940 edition.
Our focus during the initial development of our website Tringruralhistory.co.uk, was on the 20th Century, in particular World War II and its aftermath.
In 2021 we were privileged to interview three residents of Long Marston who were alive when a bomb dropped on Long Marston school in January 1941.
This book was launched on the 27th November 2022 at Marsworth Village Hall. It tells the story of the Polish Hostel which was a significant
This is a verbatim extract from ‘SCOOP’ the Long Marston School magazine, which provides an interesting postscript to that momentous day in January 1941, when
Pat Carty, author of the book ‘Secret Squadrons of the Eighth’ is a remarkable man who gave years of his life to researching the mysteries
We have already featured the role of Father Anthony – the much admired (and feared) late vicar of our parishes – when he agreed to
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