2418 - Dorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

Helma from Dorst is a recently retired from working in a shop she and her husband owned. They have sold the business and are now volunteers on the Listen Line - a call centre where young folks who are lonely, sad, confused, can call to talk to someone.

Dorst is a small town of just under 2500 people. Dorst was first mentioned in 1290. Willem van Duivenvoorde was the lord of the area in 1325. The soil in the area was not conducive to agriculture so goat breeding became the main part of the economy. A brick factory was built in 1899 and produced 5-6 million bricks a year. It also created roof tiles. The factory was demolished in 2010.

In the late stages of World War II, Dorst was liberated from the Germans by members of the Polish Army. There is a plaque at the Vredeskapel (chapel) to remember the Polish soldiers killed on 29 October 1944.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

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A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

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