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Childhood
Memories of D-Day Preparation and Wartime (WW2) Burton Bradstock
-As Recalled by
Roy Nethercott in an Interview with Susan Moores, May 2004-
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"They were after the RAF people who were
there testing the bouncing bombs at the time. We used to
see them come along drop these big balls... soon after we
heard they'd blown up german dams"
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| Audio Interview with Roy Nethercott |
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| Full Interview (12.5 mins) |
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This morning I’am interviewing Roy
Nethercott in his home at Weymouth he was born in Burton
Bradstock in 1931 in 1944 at the time of D-Day he was 13.
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Burton Bradstock was a very quite village
until the summer of 1943 when I understand the American
soldiers came to Burton and the village livened up considerably?
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Do you remember them actually practicing
for d-day?
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Do you remember when the mines were cleared,
I remember the engineers clearing them at freshwater, there
were quite a few there. Used to watch the planes bombing
Weymouth and Abbotsbury. Used to come and drop these bouncing
bombs along the fleet testing all along the fleet.
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And I think you actually saw a plane crash
at freshwater?
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Places mentioned
in Roy's interview as they are now.
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49 Derby Lane |
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Grove Road |
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Village Green |
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Burton Cliff |
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Bolts on Cliff |
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American Camp |
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Coastal Defence |
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