- Contributed byÌý
- Linda at Sutton Library - WW2 Site Helper
- People in story:Ìý
- Miss M. A. Sturton
- Location of story:Ìý
- Belmont and Devon
- Background to story:Ìý
- Civilian
- Article ID:Ìý
- A2966493
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 02 September 2004
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My uncle took my grandmother who lived with us- my mother, my sister and I- to Newton Abbot, Devon, on 2nd September 1939. I still remember the soldiers walking up Telegraph Hill. We stayed with my aunties Kit and Cis who ran the jewellers shop ‘Ham and Huddy.’ I used to help (aged 9) in the shop. My sister went to the local school, but I was delicate and my sister taught me (she was 13) and gave me work to do. We returned home after three months. My father could not stand being on his own so once we had returned to Belmont we stayed there. When auntie Kit retired, her nephew took over the shop and still runs it today. We call every year on the way to Cornwall for our holiday.
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