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Olwen Dinsdale

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Name Dinsdale, Olwen
Date of birth 2 December 1924
Born Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham
Joined WLA 9 August 1943
Left WLA 18 June 1948
WLA No. 134469
Trained [Not known]
Employed Employed by Beds. War Ag. at Cople House hostel.
Married name Green
Further information Former bakery packer, aged 18. Transferred to Bedfordshire 31 August 1943.
Olwen Dinsdale

Olwen in Cople Hostel Group Photo, c.1940s

Olwen Dinsdale

Olwen in Cople Hostel Group Photo, 1947

Stageshow

Cople WLA Hostel concert party entertaining the troups at Kempston Barracks, 30 June 1947. [Source: L Freestone]
Back row: (l to r) ?, Joan Wood, Doreen Parish, Jean Sands, Joy Collard, Kathleen Inker, Edna _____?, 'Betty' Wallis, Grace Cross
Middle row: Mrs Truman [WLA Bedford HQ staff], ?, ?, Rose Perritt, Mona McKenna, Barbara Strike, ?, ? (with guitar), Dora ______?, ?, Olwyn Dinsdale, Mrs. Sharman [WLA Bedford HQ staff]
Front row: ?, Margaret Bandy, ?, (unknown man), ?, ?, ?, ?[WLA Bedford HQ staff?]

 

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