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RISTON & ARNOLD REMEMBERS VE80

​In 1995 Joan Hearsey and Reverend David Perry put together a booklet called "Riston remembers" for VE50. This was to​ collect the wartime memories of those living in the community.

 

30 years on for VE80 Riston Remembers has been revisited in film by children of Riston School and current members of the community with links to that original publication.

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The readings are by members of the community and also children from Riston School.​​​​

Riston Remembers program image

​​Please donate here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/ristonremembersve80 

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ENTRIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOOKLET

Anon - outset of war

This is from a lady who writes when she was just married and honey mooned in the Lake District and then comes back to find the country at war. Go to memory...​

Harry Bullock

An apprentice joiner working for Frank Carlill. He cycled down the village from school to Catwick lane blowing a whistle when there was an air raid on. Go to memory...

Val Blake

A 12 year old schoolgirl, shared memories of fighter planes. Mother to Malcolm and grandmother to Oliver which is the family business  Riston garage. Go to memory...

Len Blake

Enlisted in the East Yorkshire Regiment, father to Malcolm and grandfather to Oliver which is the family business Riston Garage. Go to memory...​

Lady Jane Bethell

Leaving school at the start of the war and being involved in D-day deception and planning. Go to memory...​

Richard Carlill

Aged 6 when the war began at riston School, had to carry gas masks to school. Go to memory...​

Captain Jim Etches

In the merchant navy shares his sea journeys of stores and arms. Go to memory...​

Clare Giles

Describes the German plane that came down near Criftins Farm. Go to memory...​

Marjorie Gill

As a teenager growing up through the war.Go to memory...

David Hearsey

A bomber captain through the war gives written memories flying from Snaith and against all odds surviving to tell the harrowing stories. Go to memory...​

Joan Hearsey

A WREN during the war and gives birth to a son Peter, returning to London with V2 bombs and then VE day. Go to memory...​

Mary Picker

Lives at Manor Farm and writes about how her husband Stuart was captured in Dunkirk and how she ran the farm. Coming soon. Go to memory...​

Jane Robinson

Writes about her diary entry for the actual VE day. Coming soon. Go to memory...​

Hilda Smith

Lives in Coopers Farm (on the main street) and life on the farm, getting married in 1943 to her husband Tom. Coming soon.Go to memory...​

Mary Vaughan

Writes about how her friends went into the services and she became involved in researching chemicals used for the war. Coming soon. Go to memory...​

Eileen Wade

Writes about her memories in the war office. Coming soon. Go to memory...​

Audrey Ashcroft

Speaks about her actual memories at a young girl aged 5 living in Leven at the time. Audrey reads the minutes from the Long Riston Womens Institute through the war Coming soon. Go to memory...​

A famous general - Anon

A lady writes about her marriage to her husband in 1940 and how she looked after a young boy who became a famous general. Go to memory...​

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