Nostalgia Interviews With Chris Deacy

52: Judith Francis

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Sinopsis

It was an immense privilege this week to interview Judith Francis. Judith was born in Radnorshire in 1935 and we talk about various Church or Sunday School trips she remembers making as a child and about the different modes of communication that existed compared to today. Judith has snapshots of the past and relays some of her childhood memories, including her time as an evacuee during the Second World War. Judith talks about her experience of air raid shelters and how she was petrified when she had to put on a gas mask. We talk about phobias and what it was like to be an evacuee from Newport to Pembrokeshire and how happy she was living by the seaside where she made friends with other evacuees. Judith discusses how as a child she would make her own entertainment, using her imagination and playing war games. We learn about her experience of growing up during the Second World War and about the horrendous experience of witnessing two RAF men being washed up on the beach. There was no electricity where