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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Terry Lucas

Terry Lucas was 7 when the war started and living in Petworth. He was at Petworth Boys' School on the day it was bombed, killing 32 people of which 28 were boys. Terry was injured and spent time in hospital and a convalescence home. He talks about the moment the bomb dropped and the aftermath of coping with what had happened.

1. Terry Lucas describes the moments after the bomb hit Petworth Boys School
2. Terry Lucas talks about the evacuees in Petworth
3. Terry Lucas describes the morning of the Petworth school bombing
4. Terry Lucas recalls going back to school in Petworth and facing the fact that friends were gone
5. Terry Lucas talks about realising that his friends were killed
6. Terry Lucas recalls the soldiers that were billeted in his home


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