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- E J Rudsdale
- Born on 14th February 1910 in Colchester, Essex. Began work at Colchester Castle Museum in 1928.
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Media Links relating to E.J. Rudsdale's Journals
- BBC Radio 4 'Making History' programme featuring 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester', 22 March 2011
- Review of 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester' in the Dedham Vale Society Newsletter, Winter 2010-11, see pages 7-8
- Article on 'E.J. Rudsdale's Journals of Wartime Colchester' in 'Essex Life' magazine, January 2011, see pages 86-89
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Links related to E J Rudsdale's Blog
- Colchester Museums Service
- National Trust: Bourne Mill
- Essex Record Office
- Short History of Colchester in Essex
- Victoria County History of Essex: Colchester
- Colchester Historic Buildings Forum
- WW2 Timeline - BBC History
- World War II today: Wartime events as they happened
- 1940: Britain's Finest Hour: Imperial War Museum
- The Literary Consultancy
Links related to the history of Colchester and Essex
- BBC Essex - History
- Camulos - The Colchester Webpages
- Colchester, Vermont, USA
- Colchester Guide
- Blackmore Area Local History
- Essex Journal
- Essex Society for Archaeology and History
- Friends of Chelmsford Museums
- Friends of Colchester Museums
- Friends of Colchester Roman Wall
- History House - The History of Essex
- University of Essex, Department of History website
2 comments:
I remember my parents telling me that they only went into their shelter in the garden a few times, as in the Summer of 1940 it got so hot in there, day and night, that they were wilting. They told me that they felt, `if we were going to go, we'd rather go in the comfort of our own bed`! I think they got so used to the raids (East London) that they found that one night they'd slept through having their french doors blown in by a blast. They woke up with the frame lying across the bottom of the bed!
Thanks for your very helpful insight on why people were not inclined to spend their nights in a shelter. What stoic people your parents were - it never ceases to amaze me how people coped in such difficult times.
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