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I wonder if your other readers might be interested in a suggestion for presents for their family? Last year I created a Mixbook project (mixbook.com) that I gave to each of my family for Christmas. I called it World War Two and Our Family.

I created a page for each member of the family who was alive during the Second World War - my sister and I are the last remaining members of the family who remember it. Each of the pages was illustrated with photographs detailing their contribution to the war and how it changed their lives. I felt it was important that the younger members of the family were aware of the sacrifices we all made.

Our family was very lucky as none of us died in the conflict,

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