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Evacuee remembers

Title
Evacuee remembers
Genre
Interview
TX Date
3 May 1995
Year of production
1995
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Duration
00:03:53
Description
Interview with Jean Menday(?), an evacuee during the blitz who has been given a day out back in London by Great Western Trains from Cornwall where she now lives. She remembers her life in the Second World War and feelings on her evacuation to Cornwall and her time there as a child. Male interviewer not identified.
Contributors
Jean Menday(?)
Keywords
London; Cornwall; Trains; Second World War (1939-1945); Aerial bombardment; Reminiscence; Evacuation; Civilians; Great Western Trains; Evacuees

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