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stoke bruerne - village at war
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We parked in a field and walked in to the village
 A very tasteful duck-house |
 Army boxes |
 A chihuahua and his owner |
 Local Defence Volunteer |
 RAF |
 Whippet |
 Uncomfortable underwear |
 Plate cameras and Rolleis used in the modern reincarnation of Picture Post |
| 40s PICTURE POST www.40spicturepost.co.uk for the quarterly magazine for 1940s Re-enactors | |||
 Basic underwear |
 Flash bulbs and photographic plates |
 Royal typewriter and vintage telephone |
 Our Soldiers & a member of the Free French
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 Loving couple |
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 The chihuahua man again |
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 Smooth blonde |
 Sir Winston Churchill and King George VI & bodyguard |
Steve and a Chelsea Pensioner |
 King George VI stuttering through his speech |
 Glamour |
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 Pink sunhat |
 French style |
 Union penant |
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 Pink hat |
 Decorative knotting |
 Cadet corps |
 Family living space on a long boat |
 What is it? |
 Teapots |
 Barge dolls - possibly Rosie and Jim |
 An Australian toy |
 Cat watching the dogs go past. We saw her hunting in the meadow by the canal |
 Sweeties |
 Blue barge |
 Group of enactors |
 Barges |
 Reflection |
 Knitter by the blacksmith |
 'Charlie' the barge |
 Pity about the feet; they were too speedy... |
 Cockade |
 Patriotic chair |
 Turning a barge
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 Teddy in the basket |
 Sir Winston on the 'Charlie' |
 Army bike |
 Singing and dancing |
| We had a good lunch of steak and ale pies and hamburgers in the Navigation, fortunately just ahead of the rush. | |||
 Rusty old barge |
 Museum |
 On guard
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 Supplies |
 Jeep and Chelsea Pensioner |
 Describing the weapons |
 Rifle drill |
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 Aussies |
 Fox chases a pig |
 Austin 7 |
 Singer |
 Another Austin 7 |
 Dakota |
 Dakota |
 Rover 14 (P2) Six Light Saloon |
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 Ford CX Tourer |
 BSA |
 A professional
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 Orange rose |
 Decorated van |
 Singer |
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 Having a group photo |
 The lochside |
 Me and my people |
 Spiv and his girl |
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In the museum |
 Canal route |
 Disgusted of Stoke Bruerne |
 Pity about the flag |
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Naomi and Irene having cake and maybe some chocolate... |
We went home to start on processing our pictures. It was a good day very well organised by the people of Stoke Bruerne and all the people who came along dressed appropriately added to the occasion. |
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