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Westall's War

Robert Westall is a local author. He grew up in North Shields and his father was an air raid warden during the second World War. This web site is about the dreadful bombing of a public air raid shelter under Wilkinson's Lemonade Factory in North Shields.

The site includes a searchable database of the people who died in this terrible disaster and extracts from Westall's work relating to this event.

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Anne Frank Online

Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was forced to go into hiding during the Holocaust.

Her diary is one of the most widely read books in the world.

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The History Place

A hyper-linked timeline of the events leading up to and during World War II.

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The History of London

Here is the link to a superb site giving some great details and pictures of life in London during the World War 2.

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