Memories of wartime Brighton from Tony Simmonds, who grew up in the town.
Born in 1929, Tony was living in Winchester with his family at the beginning of the war before moving to the Kemp Town area of Brighton in 1942. He attended Xaverian College in Brighton until leaving in 1944 to become a clerk at Lloyds Bank for the remaining years of the war.
Winchester
Home Guard
Beach Defences
Air Raids at Home
Air Raids at School
Air Raids in Kemp Town
Invasion Precautions
Attitudes
War Bride
Rationing
D Day
VE Night
Last Months of the War
More information
- You can read more about Tony Simmonds on My Brighton & Hove.