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Young Woman Working At Desk In The Scotsman Building 1941

1941
Young Woman Working At Desk In The Scotsman Building 1941
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Agnes (Nan) Curry (née Collie).

“At my desk in the ‘Evening News’ office overlooking Waverley Bridge. The wire netting was on the window to prevent glass being blown inwards by German bombs.” – Nan Currie (née Collie) [2002]

Donor number: 0141-006

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Location:
North Bridge
Categories:
Daily Life
Tags:
1940s 1941 air raid bombing defence desk Edinburgh Evening News fashion flower indoor inkpot jacket mesh newspaper North Bridge office panel paperwork pen press Scotsman Scotsman Building Second World War sitting THELMA vase wallpaper wartime window wire women work world war two Writing
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