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People at war

 Fire guards.

Gordon Osborn photographed as Chief Officer of Olney Fire Brigade in about 1937
Children evacuated from London to avoid the bombing. Many were welcomed in Olney and the villages around.
Sywell Aerodrome is North East of Northampton

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