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East Midlands Oral History Archive

World War I

Barwell: Artie Payne remembers his father 'taking the King's shilling' and joining the army during the First World War. He talks about hearing about the Armistice whilst at school in Barwell.

  • Full interview from the David Wood Collection. .

Dunton Bassett: memories of the Armistice at the end of the First World War, the peace celebrations and the entertainment put on for children at the local school.

  • Full interview from the Dunton Bassett Collection. .

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