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Ack-ack attack: The journey home from a dance at the Walton Playhouse in September 1940 proved quite hairy for Jimmy, left, and Billy Brant, but fortunately they lived to tell the tale.
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Bombing of the bridge

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But brothers Billy and Jeremy and their brave young aunt were undaunted by German pilot’s attack

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Bridge paintings in festive card surprise

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In the latest instalment of his regular feature, Mort Smith looks at the first two bridges that crossed the Thames at Walton, both of which had an unfortunate ending

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These columns appeared in the Surrey Herald.

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