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,

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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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