Peter Walker is 94 and is a great-great grandfather.

He's lived in Petersfield for 63 years and was once the Head of English at TPS.

With a week to go to VE80, he speaks about what it was like in war times as a child, evacuated twice and the particular fears he had of bombing. 

After the war he studied French and German and lived in Germany to understand more and draws a distinction between the Nazi regime and the German people.

He recalls VE Day in 1945, cycling to a party and the band playing Colonel Bogey.

 

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