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The “Fighting Goodalls” c.1941

1941
The "Fighting Goodalls" c.1941
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The Goodall Family, nicknamed the “Fighting Goodalls”.

George was killed in Burma, the rest of the family survived the war. Jim, far right, was a prisoner of war in Italy.

They lived seven to a room off a kitchen. The father worked on the trams.

Donor number: 0416-001

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Edinburgh
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Daily Life
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1940s 1941 army ATS Auxillary Territorial Service beret Burma cap death family Fighting Goodalls forces Girls Traiing Corps Glengarry Italy jacket killed kitchen men newspaper cutting pow prisoner of war Second World War THELMA tram tunic uniform wartime women work world war two
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