Childhood Memories
Jean was 3/4 when war broke out. At 5 years old (her sister was 7), in May 1940, she went to boarding school - St Anne's, Windermere. Dad was a doctor with Nigerian Medical Service. In Northern Ireland when war broke out. In 1944 Dad came back with a big trunk - whole bottom was filled with Dutch sweets - stroop waffles. Mum went from London to Paris in 1940 and stayed the night three days before Paris fell. Mum worked in a medical clinic. In 1942 parents came home. Mum couldn't come because convoys were being torpedoed. Grandparents on Mother's side during bombing raids/air raids 'sat under t... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / Aeroplane / Air Raid / Aircraft / Airplane / Bomb / Bombed / Bombing / Bombing raids / Bombs / Britain / British / Child / Childhood / Children / Civilian / Civilians / Clothes / Clothing / Dutch / Education / Eire / Europe / European / Food / Health / Healthcare / Holland / Home Front / Hospital / Ireland / Irish / Medic / Medical / Medical Services / Medicine / Netherlands / North West Europe / Northern Ireland / Northern Irish / Photo / Photograph / Photographs / Photos / Plane |
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Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25933549.v1 |