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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Bevin boys
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Young men conscripted in World War II and then selected by ballot to work in the coal mines rather than join the armed forces. So named because the minister of labour and national service who introduced the scheme was Ernest *Bevin.
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