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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Long lost diary of boy, 14, gives a snapshot of life in Fakenham in 1941 (UK)

Long lost diary of boy, 14, gives a snapshot of life in Fakenham in 1941The diary of Frederick Parker, who was evacuated to Fakenham from London, tells of his school days, his work as a part-time delivery boy for the local greengrocer and mentions national and local news events of the time. It also gives an account of the bombing of The Salvation Army Temple in Fakenham on May 7, 1941. The diary was discovered by Mr Parker's widow Joan just a few days after he died, aged 85, on New Year's Eve last year. Mrs Parker, 74, a former librarian who lives in Rochester, Kent, sent it to Fakenham Library and it was passed on to the Fakenham Community Archive group. The group has published word-for-word copies of the diary in booklets which are now on sale

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