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LOCAL NEWS AND EVENTS OF THE 1940s
PONTEFRACT IN 1944
16 June 1944
WOUNDED
Private
Lawrence Wilson, aged 22, of the East Yorkshire Regiment, whose father,
Mr. J.H. Wilson, lives in Denwell Terrace, Pontefract, has had his right
arm amputated and is in hospital in a dangerous condition. He was
formerly a porter at the County Hotel, Vicar Lane, Leeds.
SEWING PARTY EFFORTS
A sale
of work, and a bring and buy sale were held in the Parish Hall,
Pontefract, yesterday week by the Parish Church Sewing Party. There was
a fair attendance and members of the Sewing Party were in charge of the
stalls and refreshments. All proceeds were for the Parish Hall Fund and
amounted to over £20
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