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Wartime West Sussex 1939-45

Tony Penfold

Tony Penfold was 8 years old and living in Petworth at the start of the war. Tony quite enjoyed the war until he was at Petworth Boys' School when it was bombed killing 32 people, including 28 boys. Tony describes the moment of the bombing and his experiences after in hospital.

1. Tony Penfold talks about watching planes go down and the Battle of Britain
2. Tony Penfold describes the noise and sensation of the bomb at Petworth Boys School
3. Tony Penfold explains how he thinks about the bomb and the war today
4. Tony Penfold talks about the evacuees they took in
5. Tony Penfold describes the teachers killed in the Petworth school bombing
6. Tony Penfold recalls the moment the bombs hit Petworth Boys School
7. Tony Penfold remembers the weather on the day of the bombing of Petworth Boys School
8. Tony Penfold remembers the weather on the day of the bombing of Petworth Boys School
9. Tony Penfold talks about the glass he had in his neck for 13 years


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