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THIS IS FINDON VILLAGE — www.findonvillage.com created by Valerie Martin, contains scenes from her home village of Findon, West Sussex, U.K.
SUPPLEMENTARY RABBIT RATIONS
Originally published in the Findon News in June 2005
Copyright Valerie Martin 2005
The war in the skies over Findon could not compete with the drama of the blitz on London and other major cities but to the residents of the village the Second World War was just as stressful and the outcome as uncertain as anywhere else. In fact, being only four miles inland and given the frontline position of Sussex, I would argue that the threat of enemy invasion had a greater impact on the residents of Findon than those living elsewhere.
The rabbit population of Findon and the surrounding countryside suffered during the Second World War as Tony Hammond recalled ..... this was before the day when myxomatosis was introduced.....
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war one of my many aunts ran a greengrocers shop in Findon, in addition to
the fruit and veg she also sold anything that was edible. Supplies
were needless to say generally thin one the ground, the one exception
being rabbits. Once or twice a week my aunt plus one of her sisters
would take the trade bike from the shop, one of them would sit in the box
with their legs dangling over the front wheel and off they would go. Tony Hammond, East Preston, West Sussex.
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Findon wartime stories abound and none are more interesting than the little day-to-day events on the home front in our own village.
This is Findon Village — www.findonvillage.com is a continually growing record created by Valerie Martin exclusively for documenting life in Findon.
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