Channel Islands

Living with the Germans - medical supplies

All medical stocks were in the attics of the nursing home and the German inspectors had not seen this, so...

Occupation after D-day — plight of slave workers

He was going down the lane and all of a sudden he took his pen knife out of his pocket and he...

Making Salt during the German occupation of Guernsey

Mr Ray Caradeuc interviewed by Margaret Le Cras. Transcribers note : Transcription difficult at times...

German occupation - artillery practice

Their ceilings came down, that was at Le Refuge, Gallienne, Jack Ferbrache and his brother....

Occupation after D-day — Butter and jam

I was at Les Vauxbelets during the Occupation and all the boys who lived in town had their bread and food...

Living unde occupation - shortages

My mother spent most of her life standing in queues for small amounts of food, having to walk to wherever...

Slave workers leaving Guernsey for Aldernsy

I can remember that some of the forced labour were at the Blancs Bois, and I remember going with my Dad to...

Liberation of Sark, Channel Islands

They are greeting the first of the British troops who are liberating the Island of Sark at the end of World...

Carrageen Blancmange

Evelyn Bryce Well I used to go and queue, and get some of that carrageen moss for the pudding, because we...

Occupation -food

Peter Girard had this racehorse called ‘Irish Eyes’, which had been trained also to pull a trap...

Living under occupation - food shortage

Another thing I remember connected with food, there was a farmer close to the Sauchet, a Mr Langlois, and...

Living under occupation - food shortages

I remember Nick Gallienne coming past the window and my mother hiding an illegal piece of beef that we were...

Occupation after D-day — Christmas Dinner

Our last Christmas dinner was a medium-sized cauliflower between 6 of us, a large rather...

Living with the Germans - House commandeered

The Germans commandeered all the houses from Belmont right through down Carteret Road down as far as the...

Living under occupation - fuel shortage

We had plenty of anthracite but anthracite will not burn in open fire so you had to have wood, it became by...

The Mission Band during the German Occupation of Guernsey

The Salvation Army was forbidden to function by the Germans so joined with the Methodists during the war....

Living under occupation - hosepipe bicycle tyres

I can remember peddling down the Fosse Andre, full speed, we were having a race downhill there, and I came...

Living under occupation - shortages

To begin with, of course, we had food rationing, there was reasonable amount of food, but gradually, things...

Occupation School meals - bring your own vegetables for soup

The Vauxbelets College was occupied by the Germans, so the school never opened up in the college, it opened...

Liberation - Union Jacks suddenly got produced...

Liberation - Union Jacks suddenly got produced.. Its amazing how all the Union Jacks suddenly got produced,...

Occupation soup kithen

We used to go and have dinners at a soup kitchen, the States used to provide special meals for the...

Living under occupation - crockery shortage

People whose children had evacuated had spares, and we had some enamel mugs which came from Mr Brehaut at...

Living under occupation - candle shortage

We had half a church candle, a nice thick one, and for an hour each evening we burned this and during this...

Liberation - and waiting for the evacuees to come home.

The vehicles came out, and I can always remember the crew playing sort of baseball on the harbour bed......

Occupation after D-day — Dog eaten

I remember going to Le Planel where the Germans were billeted at Mr Brehaut's house and my uncle said...

Living under occupation - food shortage

We used to have very mouldy cheese, oozing with maggots and what have you, and green bread, and my father...