It is October 1940. More details below but you can listen here.
The two commandos, Nicolle and Symes are still at large and moving around the island. Much happened in the run up to their surrender, their treatment after they surrender and the consequences following this. I wrote a more detailed article here about them.
More British forces personnel surrender as part of the amnesty.
Food is already getting short so we talk about an unusual recipe that was used take a look at the link below.
https://www.bailiwickexpress.com/jsy/news/occupation-food-recipes
Clothes rationing article we talked about:
Notice in the Guernsey Press October 1940.
A short soundbite of the podcast is here.
The books we referred to are:
I Beg to Report…Policing in Guernsey During the German Occupation – William Bell
Guernsey Occupation Diaries, 1940-45 – Author: Douglas Ord (ed. John Nettles)
The Commando Who Came Home To Spy – William Bell
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Thanks to Gnet Radio for recording the podcast and thanks to Jim Delbridge for the use of his song ‘5 to 7’ as our theme.
