Growing up during WW2 by Peter Parsons
Watching the doodlebugs over Eastbourne
By Julius Smit
Peter Parsons in the summer of 1953
Photo from WRVS Heritage Plus archive
Peter Parsons was born in Eastbourne in 1935, and has spent most of his life living in the town. As a schoolboy growing up during WW2 Peter witnessed many things, and in the sound clip Peter talks about watching the doodlebugs flying over Eastbourne.