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Kennington people, war-time suffering

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The wartime suffering of the people of Kennington in particular over 50 men women and children who were killed on 15th October 1940 when a bomb destroyed an air raid shelter in Kennington Park.

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Kennington people, war-time suffering

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Kennington Park air-raid

The Friends say "The air raid shelters were actually on the south field of th...

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Vitagraph

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Elizabeth Taylor

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1 memorial
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