Bill Lancaster Oral History Interview WW2

Listen below to extracts from Bill’s interview

Bill and his sister being given candy and an orange by Canadian soldiers

Collecting Sweet Caporal cigarette packets from Canadian soldiers/identifying allied and German planes

Coal dump on the Rec (Meadowbank)

Dividing up a Mars Bar

Baby brother registered as vegetarian to get more rations

Arrival of the “little Jewish boy” Erich Reich

In Sir Erich Reich Reunion

The Lancaster family moved to St. Neots in 1944 for a year. Here is an account of Bill’s time there.

Sir Erich Reich came to Dorking Museum to speak at the Those Who Came Before Exhibition. Here is a transcript of that conversation.