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In a personal family history Martin Peagam tells the story of a young man from Durham who became part of a war campaign in New Zealand.About this Event
The road from Pit Boy to Bomber Boy might otherwise be called From the Frying Pan into the Fire. In a personal family history Martin Peagam tells the story of how a young man left a reserved occupation down the pits in Durham to become part of a New Zealand crew in a campaign that saw over 55,000 men lose their lives.
This is, however, more than a family history, because this talk - embracing pit life, wartime production, and a contentious bomber campaign - is also an exploration of a time when, for many, life was very dangerous, and the young had to grow up very quickly, and how one particular man defied convention and seized an opportunity to forge his own path.
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