Category Archives: oral history

Meet the Guernsey Evacuees

Posted on July 2, 2011 by

See what’s inside my book here: http://guernseyevacuees.wordpress.com/my-new-book/ To pre order my book ‘Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War’, from The History Press, go to: http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_top&bc1=FFFFFF&IS1=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=guerevacoralh-21&o=2&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=tf_til&asins=0752470191 SEE MY COMMUNITY GROUP PAGE FOR NEWS OF COMING EVENTS

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Diary of a Guernsey evacuee Mother – 1940

Posted on June 13, 2011 by

USING MY INTERVIEWS AND PERSONAL DOCUMENTS FOR BACKGROUND INFORMATION, I AM CREATING AN ONLINE ‘GUERNSEY MOTHER’S EVACUEE DIARY OF JUNE 1940′ – I WILL UPDATE IT SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK, ALL YEAR, TO DEMONSTRATE SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES THOUSANDS OF … Continue reading →

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Guernsey Schools Evacuation Workshops

Posted on May 9, 2011 by

I have just delivered workshops to four Guernsey primary schools and it was a great experience! I also screened our evacuee documentary in Guernsey. Please see my ‘Schools’ page, but you can see and hear more at this Guernsey news … Continue reading →

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Guernsey Ambassador Award

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

Guernsey evacuee Joan Ozanne, and I, were jointly named Guernsey’s Ambassadors of the Year on 4th February 2011 – for our work on the Guernsey Evacuation of June 1940. What an honour! More information at :- http://www.thisisguernsey.com/2011/02/04/evacuation-work-sees-pair-named-as-ambassadors/

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Channel Islands Evacuation Calendar 2011

Posted on December 16, 2010 by

I have produced a special illustrated wall calendar to mark the 70th Anniversary of the Channel Island Evacuation – visit my online Shop on this site.

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