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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Geoff Hilder

Geoff Hilder was 11 when the war started and lived in Crawley. He left school on his 14th birthday and worked as a telegraph boy which meant he had to deliver a lot of bad news. Geoff talks about the bombing of Crawley Post Office and seeing a German plane shot down. His father was an Air Raid Warden.

1. Geoff Hilder talks about his work as a telegram delivery boy
2. Geoff Hilder remembers rationing
3. Geoff Hilder talks about his dad being an Air Raid Warden
4. Geoff Hilder talks about seeing a German plane shot down
5. Geoff Hilder recalls the V1 flying bombs over Crawley
6. Geoff Hilder talks about the Crawley Post Office bombing


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