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Life and times of a child who fled from the Nazis to Preston
Lancashire Evening Post
|April 10, 2025
Escaping from the clutches of the Nazis aged just three-Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines has reflected on her life as an adopted Prestonian ever since in a new podcast.
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From being an early pioneer of beating the cost of living crisis with efficient electric cookers, to meeting her husband George who went on the design Preston Bus Station then life has been varied for the 95-year-old who is now an MBE.
This story is from the April 10, 2025 edition of Lancashire Evening Post.
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