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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Doreen Norris

Doreen Norris was 8 when the war started and lived in London. She was evacuated to Worthing at the start of the war and stayed there until she was 21. She went to Davison's High School during the war. Doreen remembers there weren't many sweets because of rationing. She also remembers German Prisoners of War doing horticultural work nearby.

1. Doreen Norris remembers seeing German prisoners of war
2. Doreen Norris talks about rationing and sweets
3. Doreen Norris talks about their Morrison shelter
4. Doreen Norris recalls the gas masks and their smell
5. Doreen Norris describes the beginning of war and being evacuated to Worthing
6. Doreen Norris recalls the sound of the air raid sirens


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