Couple find World War II graffiti as wallpaper stripped in home

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Couple discover incredible graffiti while stripping wallpaper in their new home

PATRIOTIC graffiti dating back to the Second World War, declaring “we will win”, has been discovered hidden under layers of wallpaper.

First-time buyers Mel Davies and Rob Jones were stripping wallpaper in their recently-bought property in Skewen, Neath Port Talbot, when they noticed the inscriptions, reportsThe wording on the wall reads: “Germans now at Boulogne. This country ready for any invasion. We are going through a very bad time.On the night of May 22, 1940, a battle broke out in Boulogne, where troops - including the Irish and Welsh Guards - formed a six-mile-long defence.

While stripping layers of paper near the door in the living room they found the writing, but “didn’t think anything of it at first until closer inspection”. The writing was completed days after the British government launched the Local Defence Volunteers – later known as the Home Guard.

 

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