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Liberation 80GuernseyEpisodes

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  1. Working together for the good of the island

    Geoff Workman, 85, talks about his memories returning to Alderney after the occupation.

  2. The child spy kept alive by German dog handler

    Peter Taylor, 90, talks about his memories of the occupation in Guernsey.

  3. Sinking a German U-boat

    John Barnes, 103, who has since passed, talks about his memories of World War II.

  4. Secret wartime sisters separated by the occupation

    Jag Sherbourne, 69, discovers long lost family years after the occupation ended.

  5. Released from Biberach on her 18th birthday

    Nellie Le Feuvre, 97, from Sark talks about her experiences during the occupation.

  6. On the first boat home

    Pete Gaudion, 90, talks about his memories returning to Alderney after the occupation.

  7. Maisie's toy panda, stabbed by a German bayonet

    88 year old Maisie Le Page, nee Lanyon, recalls life in Sark under German occupation.

  8. First memories of Alderney made on Homecoming day

    Fiff Gaudion, 86, talks about his memories returning to Alderney after the occupation.

  9. First glimpse of her future husband

    Marion Delbridge, 100, about leaving Guernsey with her mother and sister.

  10. Evacuated on the TS Antwerp

    Barry Yeagers, 97, recounts his memories of being sent away with his school.

  11. Evacuated as a child, returned a stranger

    John Helyer, 93, recounts being evacuated from Guernsey with his school.

  12. Deported from the Island in 1942, just 3 years old

    Jill Chubb, 86, shares the memories of her family being deported to Biberach in Germany.

  13. A child’s memory of the war

    Hirzel Dorey, 91, talks about missing the boat with his school.

  14. “The Germans had landed”

    Melva Stacey, 92, talks about her memories of when the Germans first landed in Guernsey.

  15. "We hid our illegal radio under a baby in a pram"

    Louis Ogier, 93, recalls the mischief he got into during the occupation of Guernsey.

  16. "We all had a sticker with our name and 'evacuees'"

    Sheila Whipp, 92, recounts being evacuated from Guernsey to the UK with her family.

  17. "It took years for us to get over the war"

    Martin Le Boutillier, 84, recounts his earliest memories of the occupation in Guernsey.

  18. 'We sang carols to the slave workers'

    Eileen Glass, 96, recounts her memories of the occupation in Guernsey with her family.