About Wartime West Sussex 1939-45
Summary
The content in these web pages was researched and compiled by
Library Service Project Officers, Helen Blakeborough and Katy
Elliott Viney.
Archivists at West Sussex Record Office, particularly Alan
Readman, provided a great deal of assistance and expertise.
The website itself was constructed by West Sussex County
Council’s Online Service Delivery team, particularly Paul
Beattie and Melissa Goddard. The
council's Children’s Services Learning unit helped with the
case studies for teachers, particularly Richard McFahn, General
Advisor.
West Sussex County council is very grateful to the Heritage
Lottery Fund which supplied 98% of the funding costs.
Volunteers
Volunteers played a crucial role in the project and we thank
them most sincerely for their contribution. Twelve volunteers,
in teams of 2, conducted oral history interviews with 24
people who came forward to share their memories.
Eighteen volunteers took on the challenging and time-consuming
task of searching local newspapers for important events and
significant people.
The volunteers were:
Angela Levy
Barbara Pavitt
Beryl Martin
Breda Gibson
Chris Jones
Christine Roberts
David Start
Eileen Colwell
Elizabeth Everett
Ian Bagshaw
Jane Bristow
Jane Weston
Janet Hill
John Lewis
Julia Westgate
Linda Kane
Olive Bagshaw
Olive Miles
Rebecca Sims
Robert Evans
Stephanie Druce
Stephen Watts
Tessa Edwards
Interviewees
Some 24 people came forward to offer their memories of World War
II, and again, without their contribution this project would have
been less rich.
The interviewees were:
Brian Morris
Catherine Punnett
Cynthia Bacon
Doreen Norris
Geoff Hilder
Gillian Mellors
Iris Golds
Jean Cracknell
Jean Ogilvie
Jill Tait
John Wakeford
Noel Weedon
Olive Miles
Reg Carter
Reg Miles
Robert Worley
Ron Sims
Sheila Barns
Sylvia Robins
Ted Fox
Terence Lucas
Tony Penfold
2 people prefer to remain anonymous
Other contributors
The following kindly supplied documents, images and/or
information:
- Jenny Hickman (Frank L’Allouette - Bognor
photographs)
- Peter Jerrome (Petworth School case study)
- Leigh Lawson (Leslie Speller and Great Escape case
studies)
- Jill Tait (Ashdown Forest evacuee photographs)
- Fiona Murrell (help with the Mass Observation Archives)
- Chris Tod, Steyning Museum
- Imperial War Museum
- West Sussex Record Office
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