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Yarmouth and Thorley Voices

WWII Marriages 1940s

Alec ‘Paddy’ Corbett, electrician  from County Down joined the Royal Corps of Signals.

Paddy Corbett WWII in Burma

Paddy Corbett WWII in Burma

Met and married Audrey King of Yarmouth, in 1942.

Audrey King 1940s

Audrey King 1940s

I'm jolly glad I came to Yarmouth IW

I’m jolly glad I came to Yarmouth IW

 

 

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 1942., Alec 'Paddy' Corbett, Audrey King, County Down, electrician, Royal Corps of Signals, Yarmouth on July 14, 2013 by Jill Cowley.

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A selection of memories

  • Free Time : Brownies and Guides, and a special occasion
  • Carnival week 1949 : Pier Shore
  • The Dashwood Family and Yarmouth Church
  • The Dashwood family of ‘The Mount’
  • WWII Brownies War Effort: Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Childhood Memories: Sheltering in Air Raids
  • WWII: Thorley Marsh mystery
  • WWII Firewatch : Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Canadians at Rofford House: Delia Whitehead
  • Delia Whitehead nee Hunt :Confirmation at St. James’ Church
  • Granny Hunt: Home nursing and more
  • Doctor Drummond, Yarmouth Doctor
  • Delia Whitehead: Harvest Festival at St. Swithin’s Thorley
  • Delia Whitehead : Picking snowdrops at Thorley old church
  • Delia Whitehead: War years at Yarmouth School