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Lily: Confessions of a landgirl

Lilly came to Devon as a Landgirl during WW2 to help grow crops to feed the nation. A retired Naval officer is creating a roll of honour to mark the work done by young women like Lilly and will soon be naming Lilly as a "Devonshire Darling" John Acres went to meet Lilly, and found out that they lived less than a mile apart in Stoke On Trent.

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