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Title: The Tibber Family at Brackley, Northamptonshire
Category: Brackley
Description: Anthony Tibber recalls his family war-time in Brackley
Category: Brackley
Description: Anthony Tibber recalls his family war-time in Brackley
Title: Jacqueline Toff - Some Thoughts on Living in Brackley As A Child
Category: Brackley
Description: Jacqueline Toff recalls her childhood as a Jewish child evacuated to Brackley with her family.
Category: Brackley
Description: Jacqueline Toff recalls her childhood as a Jewish child evacuated to Brackley with her family.
Title: Derek's Froomberg's Story - Childhood in Brackley During World War II
Category: Brackley
Description: Derek was interviewed by members of Northampton Youth Forum in August 2008 as part of a community history project with Jtrails, Northampton Museum, NBHA and Inspiration FM. The project aims to create...
Category: Brackley
Description: Derek was interviewed by members of Northampton Youth Forum in August 2008 as part of a community history project with Jtrails, Northampton Museum, NBHA and Inspiration FM. The project aims to create...
Brackley is a very small market town, in rural Northamptonshire, on the main road between Northampton and Oxford. Until after the War, the town was little larger than a large village, with a market place and 2 - 3,000 residents. However, the town has an unexpected and little known Jewish heritage, largely dating from just after World War I, to the end of World War II. It illustrates the unexpected links that Jewish people could often have in deeply rural areas and it is also a particularly good example of the ranges of Jewish war-time experiences as refugees and evacuees in the countryside.
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