Wartime in Whitstable Remembered

Nonfiction, History, Military, World War II, Biography & Memoir, Historical
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Author: Paul Crampton ISBN: 9780752490151
Publisher: The History Press Publication: January 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Paul Crampton
ISBN: 9780752490151
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: January 1, 2012
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Jessie Vine’s memoir begins in the last few days of peace in 1939. As the Morrison shelter is installed in the back garden of their Rochester home, Jessie, with her young daughter Joy, eagerly awaits her husband Tom’s homecoming, as his ship returns to Chatham Dockyard. And then, when war seems inevitable, Jessie organizes an evacuation from Rochester to Whitstable, where she rents a bungalow in the suburb of Tankerton. Tom soon goes back to sea, and the perils of war. They do not see him again for two years. In the meantime, Jessie helps out at a local school, while organizing endless collections of salvage. When time allows, mother and daughter cycle all over East Kent to hunt down old film. With these prizes, Jessie compiles a unique photographic diary of life on the home front, which she sends to Tom at sea.

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Jessie Vine’s memoir begins in the last few days of peace in 1939. As the Morrison shelter is installed in the back garden of their Rochester home, Jessie, with her young daughter Joy, eagerly awaits her husband Tom’s homecoming, as his ship returns to Chatham Dockyard. And then, when war seems inevitable, Jessie organizes an evacuation from Rochester to Whitstable, where she rents a bungalow in the suburb of Tankerton. Tom soon goes back to sea, and the perils of war. They do not see him again for two years. In the meantime, Jessie helps out at a local school, while organizing endless collections of salvage. When time allows, mother and daughter cycle all over East Kent to hunt down old film. With these prizes, Jessie compiles a unique photographic diary of life on the home front, which she sends to Tom at sea.

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