My publications and film work are listed below. Please contact me if you would like to commission me to write for you – I have written articles for a number of magazines, newspapers and journals.
Contact: gillianmawson@btinternet.com
ITEMS FOR PURCHASE:-
Profits from the booklet and DVD sales below will support the activities of my Guernsey Evacuee Community Group
CHANNEL ISLAND EVACUATION FILM AVAILABLE:
A 30 minute film about Channel Island evacuees in Lancashire during WW2, “All my Worldy Possessions” has been created by Diane Rickerby of Bury Archives and I.
TO PURCHASE YOUR OWN COPY OF THE DVD, please visit my Shop page.
GUERNSEY EVACUATION BOOKLET
Please also visit my Shop page to find about the booklet that we have for sale.
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I am writing a book for The History Press entitled
‘Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War’
To pre order my book 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
Guernsey Evacuee documentary, BBC1 North West:Part of BBC North West’s ‘Inside Out’ programme on Mon 6 December, 7.30pm, tells the story of Guernsey evacuee Paulette L Mescam who came to Cheshire in June 1940 and found comfort from an extraordinary transatlantic penpal -Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt. It is also being shown on the Channel Islands via BBC1′s ‘Inside Out South West’ programme at 7.30pm on the same date. I have greatly enjoyed working with BBC Manchester on this programme. You can watch a clip at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00cj7mw
and at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/guernsey/hi/front_page/newsid_9261000/9261516.stm
and for more info see:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/manchester/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_9259000/9259538.stm
See my report on Guernsey’s Elizabeth College Return to Derbyshire in October 2010:
http://www.oea.org.gg/node/6157
I was a Manchester Beacon for Public Engagement Award Winner:
http://www.staffnet.manchester.ac.uk/news/display/?id=6372
In July 2010 I assisted Guernsey Post with research for the creation of a Commemorative set of Guernsey stamps to mark the 70th anniversary of the Evacuation to Britain
http://www.guernseystamps.com/
I organised a 3 day reunion for 65 Guernsey evacuees who came to Stockport in 1940, with the assistance of Stockport MBC. This event marked the 70th anniversary of the Guernsey Evacuation
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/life_and_style/s/1268475_70_years_on_how_wartime_evacuation_changed_lives_foreverhttp://menmedia.co.uk/news/s/1263123_wartime_friends_reunited
http://menmedia.co.uk/news/s/1263123_wartime_friends_reunited
http://www.guernseyimages.com/media/search/#?q=evacuee&searchkeywords=true&searchdescription=true
BBC History Magazine, May 2010, ‘Guernsey evacuees in Northern England’, and podcast http://www.bbchistorymagazine.com/issue/may-2010
or listen to podcast at :
http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory/History/World-History/BBC-History-Magazine-Podcast/28245
http://www.stockport.gov.uk/newsroom/warevacueesreturntostockport
‘Reliving the heartbreak of wartime evacuation – Guernsey evacuees in Derbyshire during WW2 -(written in September 2009)
http://www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/features/Reliving-the-heartbreak-of-wartime.5637589.jp
Guernsey Press, July 3rd 2010,”Reunited we Stand” Guernsey evacuees return to Stockport
‘Guernsey Evacuees in the North West of England, Review of the Guernsey Society, Winter 2009, Vol LXV, No. 3 (available by email from gillianmawson@btinternet.com)
