Ep 216 - Bill Winship (The Village of Riverside Glen)

Bridging the Social Distance · Jul 26, 2023 · 57m

For this episode I interview Bill Winship, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen retirement residence. Bill is 96, and his vivid memory gives us a rare and powerful glimpse into the life of a young soldier during WWII, and a fulfulling life of music and dancing after the War. Bill describes life as a young teen, growing up just outside Liverpool at the beginning of the war - he remembers eight days and nights of "Blitzkrieg" where planes flew overhead 24 hours a day, and Liverpool was ablaze for as far as he could see. He remembers the bomb shelters built on the school yard - walking…