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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;daveydempsey, post: 5251326, member: 29458&quot;]I&#039;ve just spoke to my Dad on the phone.</p><p>He served in the Navy between 1939 and 1945 fighting the enemy.</p><p>He stayed on an extra year helping France to clear German mines.</p><p><br /></p><p>He told me after being demobbed in 1946 his first job after the war he earned £5 2s per week and after tax he received £4.19s in cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>He knows full well about operation Bernhard, he said the Germans made a big mistake in picking the White £5 because it was little used and their plan would have failed.</p><p><br /></p><p>If they had concentrated on £1 and 10s notes it might have worked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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