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Kodak Brownie camera with case.
Lent by Mr. Andrew Stevenson
Parachute silk in sections.

At the end of the war, surplus service items became available to the public. Parachutes were unpicked and the silk used to make underwear.

Baby's gas mask.

Lent by Mr. Andrew Stevenson.

Fire watcher's steel helmet.

Lent by Mr. Andrew Stevenson



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