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The declaration of war by the Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as it appeared in newspapers in 1939, instigated by Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland.From a series of albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, assorted ephemera and a diary, kept by Mrs Lucy Awdry of 14 Franconia Road, Clapham, for the duration of World War II and recording wartime life in London. During the war Mrs Awdry volunteered with the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) assisting with fire watch duties and also at the Clapham War Savings Centre. From the Lambeth Archives Home Front project 2005.

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Collection:	Home Front Project 2005
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Ref:	06829
Identifier:	IV 169 Vol.1
Date:	1939

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