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Reference NumberP/PIK/7
LevelFile
TitlePoems
Date(s)1940s
DescriptionPoems about life in London during the Second World War (unknown authors):
1. Title: 'The Invasion' 'The English girls lament' - a witty poem about American soldiers stationed in London. Typescript
2. Untitled: Having travelled from the Midlands to Mile End, the poet experiences their first bomb attacks by a 'Doodle Bug' (flying bombs). Typescript poem
3. Untitled: a poem about having to sleep in an 'Anderson' shelter as flying bombs attack. Manuscript
4. Untitled: a poem about a 'girl named Ivy' and her broken heart
Extent4 documents
FormatManuscript
Access StatusOpen
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