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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Mrs G

This lady was five years old and living in Horsham when war broke out. She lived with her family who had airmen billeted with them. She remembers rationing, Prisoners of War and seeing the "Guinea Pigs" from Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead. She also talks about the threat of invasion and the feeling of companionship.

1. Mrs G recalls how the father of her friend was a Prisoner of War
2. Mrs G talks about the Prisoners of War near Horsham
3. Mrs G remembers that the coalman was a conscientious objector
4. Mrs G remembers when injured airmen from Queen Victoria Hospital came into town
5. Mrs G remembers the airmen billeted with family
6. Mrs G remembers being scared of the threat of invasion and anti-German feeling
7. Mrs G talks about clothes rationing and washing
8. Mrs G talks about her overriding memory of the war
9. Mrs G recalls air raids in Horsham and having air raid practices at school
10. Mrs G talks about food rationing
11. Mrs G talks about the effects of the men coming back
12. One of Mrs G's worst memories was the air raid sirens


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