My family's life as refugees from Jersey in Surrey
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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:11 authored by Their Finest Hour Project TeamWe left Jer. These are my memories of leaving Jersey and living as refugees in Surrey during the Second World War. We left our home in 1940 and returned in 1945. We lived in Weybridge and Walton-on-Thames. My father worked at Vickers Armstrong, based at Brooklands, the former motor race track.
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My parents Paul Pearce and Kay Pearce, myself Ann Pearce, my sister Jane Pearce, and my baby brother Paul and baby sister Susan, both born during the war.Person who shared the story/items
Ann BrightRelationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
They are all members of my family .Type of submission
Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.Record ID
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