London Can Take It: A Wartime Blitz and Evacuation Memoir

Описание: London Can Take It: A Wartime Blitz and Evacuation Memoir
With Miles Bingham
Part of our Home Front series
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In 1939, Valerie Braunston and her family hoped the war would pass them by in the quiet neighbourhood of Bush Hill Park, Enfield. But as the Blitz began, her carefree childhood became a daily fight for survival. Valerie endured air raids, rationing and a fractured education while London was battered for eight relentless months. By 1944, V-1 and V-2 rockets forced her evacuation to a pig farm in Lincolnshire, but she quickly plotted her return to London to pursue her dream of becoming an actress.

Years later, after Valerie moved into care at 88, her son found a manuscript while clearing out her house. Discovered beside a jammed-up typewriter, it captured her memories of that time, infused with her humour and resilience. Valerie's poignant story of life on the Home Front during World War II remains one of the last voices of that generation, revealing the enduring strength of the human spirit during one of history's darkest times. Valerie's son Miles joins us to share the story.
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Miles Bingham's previous appearance on WW2TV
Take Shelter - A School Air Raid Shelter (Brighton UK)
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