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Walking Wartime England: South Devon (SBS Sunday 30 April 2023)
Walking Wartime England: South Devon airs Sunday 30 April 2023 on SBS.
On foot, former Royal Marine Arthur Williams researches the role of women in the war effort, the experiences of young people who served as spies and mine workers, and the contributions of inventors and designers of new weapons.
During his stroll, Arthur is in South Devon, an area that received a record number of tourists during World War II. Like thousands of other evacuee children from London, Arthur rides a steam train to Paignton.
He visits a Torquay grammar school and learns how the influx of new students put a strain on Devon’s educational system, forcing educators and students to make rapid adjustments.
For some kids, the countryside was an epiphany despite their homesickness.
Walking Wartime England: South Devon airs Sunday 30 April 2023 at 5.30pm on SBS
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