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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Daily life

1. Brian Morris talks about the blackout
2. Geoff Hilder talks about his work as a telegram delivery boy
3. Gillian Mellors remembers going to the cinema
4. Tony Nurse remembers his Dad being in the Home Guard
5. Gillian Mellors says there was full employment and remembers going shopping and queuing
6. Jean Cracknell recalls meeting her husband and her wedding dress
7. Tony Nurse says he never went very far during the war and talks about walking to school
8. Jean Ogilvie describes a typical day in Bosham for a young mother
9. Mrs A talks about identity cards and her number
10. Mrs G remembers that the coalman was a conscientious objector
11. Mrs G remembers the airmen billeted with family
12. Reg Carter talks about engineering work at Shippams factory in Chichester
13. Reg Miles describes the war work he did at Charlton saw mills
14. Ron Sims describes transport during the war in Worthing
15. Ron Sims talks about the South Downs during the war
16. Sheila Barns talks about her father's work in the fire service
17. Sylvia Robins remembers life in Shoreham
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