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Mrs Ethel Mahy interviewed by Margaret Le Cras
Edited transcript of recording.

Well, on Liberation day we went down to the harbour, my husband and I took it in turns to push the pram. I didn’t go in the morning, he did. He went in the morning, and saw the German Commandant being marched down to the Beaver to go aboard, and we went in the afternoon, my daughter had a seat on the back of the bicycle, so we took it in turns to push the pram and ride the bike. And we met lots of friends, stood by the harbour, and on the harbour bed, it was low tide, there was an American boat, with the fronts open and lorries bringing out things for us. Everybody was very excited. In the evening we went again. The MOH had been using my husband’s car, so he went to ask him if he could borrow it. He said yes, as long as I have it for seven o’clock tomorrow morning. Oh he said I’ll bring it back tonight. So we took the children to my in-laws, and went down to the harbour, all our friends there again, but this time the American boat was riding high, high tide, so they were just on the quay. So we were singing to them Sarnia Cherie, and they were singing to us. And I suppose they called out questions — I don’t know what was said. Apparently the Guernsey Press had put a photograph of this boat on the front page of the next day’s Press

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