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Just over 80 years ago a threat of a very different kind was keeping families apart, yet pulling local communities together, all across Britain, just like today.

It’s time for another Doncaster Council history lesson.
In September 1940, the United Kingdom was at war against the Nazis.

This month marked a shift in the Nazi aerial war against Britain.

The bombing night raids began…
London was bombed for 57 consecutive nights from September 7.

Each morning, people would emerge from their homes, shelters and the underground to survey the damage.

The community would come together to search through the rubble and help anyone who’d been injured.
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1. Being childless-not-by-choice has been the loneliest experience of my life. The loneliness is almost as bad as the childlessness. A thread. #LonelinessAwarenessWeek #childlessnotbychoice
2. What I wouldn’t give to be able to enjoy baby showers without feeling crushed and utterly alone, to be able to hold my friends’ babies without becoming overwhelmed with grief, to chat with other parents at the soft play centre or the playground.
3. What I wouldn't give to not be told I can never understand real tiredness, or true love, or care about the future of the planet, or feel for the suffering of a child. Or that my opinion about something is invalidated by my childlessness.
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