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From: "John Paul Bradford" <>
Subject: Re: [RWY-UK] Help Dating a Letter
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:57:43 -0400
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Thanks, Laurie. Every little bit helps.

God bless

John Paul
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From: "Laurie Barlow" <>
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Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:34 AM
Subject: Re: [RWY-UK] Help Dating a Letter


>I left school and started to work on the LMS, as a junior clerk, in 1940,
> and I'm pretty certain that the reserved occupation system was already in
> operation at that date. I was in the Loco department, and am quite
> certain
> that none of our drivers was called up.
>
> I also seem to remember that the reservation only applied to conscription,
> and that men in reserved occupations were still accepted as volunteers.
> But memory of 67 years ago can be rather unreliable...
>
> Laurie.
>
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