The first students, then all female, at Nonington College helped with the harvest in 1939. During WW2 the Dover YMCA had its headquarters at Old St. Alban’s Court, Nonington. A YMCA mobile canteen and volunteer drivers Another view of the mobile canteen The back of one of the YMCA vans at old St Alban’s Court A smaller YMCA mobile canteen at St Alban’s, 1941 A broken wind-screen caused by a shell splinter. YMCA mobile library at St Alban’s, 1942. The YMCA used vans as lending libraries for members of the armed forces. Nonington Firemen circa 1940. Not necessarily in order-Vic Barwick;Horace Titnus;Arthur Nelson;Godfrey Ledner;Wilf Barwick. Nonington WW2 firemen A fragment of the doodle bug, which fell in the field behind the Youth Club in Easole Street at 23.55. hrs. on 13th June, 1944. The doodle bug fragment and a map of doodle bug strikes in Kent published by the Kent Messenger. Threshing at Beauchamps Bottom during WW2. Local farm workers are being assisted by soldiers. These were possibly Canadians encamped in Fredville Park More threshing at Beauchamps Bottom.
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