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[The photos, found in Mrs Gardiner's attic,
were carefully preserved between
small sheets of glass,
meaning they are still
of very high quality even 70 years on]


[Mrs Gardiner, 26 at the time of the photos,
was trained as a nurse and worked
in hospitals during the Second World War.
She lived to be 100 but died this year]


[One of the best-preserved images in the collection,
this photo shows the sign in the
Norfolk village of Shernborne,
not far from Sandringham. Mr Britton believes this
beautiful village sign may have been taken down
during the war to avoid assisting enemy forces
in the event of an invasion]


[A picture of the couple camping is one of few
to show their cat, Edgar, who also
accompanied them on the trip. Mr Britton
said: 'Edgar the cat survived the war but
only narrowly, thanks to a stray bomb
that took away at least one of his
nine lives during the London blitz']

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