I Saw Two Englands: The Record of a Journey Before the War, and After the Outbreak of War, in the Year 1939 |
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... London County Council , had described a voluntary scheme for the removal from London of school children , infants and blind persons , and the Secretary of State for War had announced the date of the first call up of Militiamen , which ...
... London County Council , had described a voluntary scheme for the removal from London of school children , infants and blind persons , and the Secretary of State for War had announced the date of the first call up of Militiamen , which ...
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... London , Hugh de Orivalle , who was the first Bishop of London appointed by William the Conqueror . This bishop was consecrated by Lanfranc in 1075. He died of leprosy ten years after , so that Lanfranc must have known him when the ...
... London , Hugh de Orivalle , who was the first Bishop of London appointed by William the Conqueror . This bishop was consecrated by Lanfranc in 1075. He died of leprosy ten years after , so that Lanfranc must have known him when the ...
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... London and every one said , " Here they come ! " ; but they didn't . Then , as the weeks followed one another , there was no singing , no marching soldiers , no splendid brass bands , no appeals to King and Country , but , instead , to ...
... London and every one said , " Here they come ! " ; but they didn't . Then , as the weeks followed one another , there was no singing , no marching soldiers , no splendid brass bands , no appeals to King and Country , but , instead , to ...
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