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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Sylvia Robins

Sylvia Robins was 4 when the war started and lived in London. She was evacuated to Shoreham-by-Sea with her older brother. This was an adventure for Sylvia who had never been on a train or seen the countryside before. She stayed with a nice family and her mother came to visit once. After a year she went back to London.

1. Sylvia Robins remembers returning to London with a Sussex accent
2. Sylvia Robins remembers life in Shoreham
3. Sylvia Robins talks about being evacuated from London to Shoreham
4. Sylvia Robins talks about evacuee experience
5. Sylvia Robins talks further about her time in Shoreham as an evacuee
6. Sylvia Robins remembers her year in Shoreham was not an unhappy year


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