Chalke Talk

The podcast from the Chalke Valley History Festival
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114. 1944 AT HIGHCLERE CASTLE

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In 1944 Highclere Castle was a home for child evacuees; General Patton arrived for lunch in June; whilst two P-38 planes crashed just above the Castle whilst practising for D-Day. The Land Girls and retired estate workers were on the farm and in the kitchen gardens – Dig for Victory was part of the survival plan. Fiona Carnarvon paints a fascinating portrait of an estate at war.



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