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Originally Posted by Ann from Sussex
Did anyone else get the impression that Tamzin knew her great grandparents and great uncle?
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At first, I thought it was all new to her, but as the story developed, it became clear to me that she must have known her great-grandfather and great-uncle - and quite a lot about her Italian heritage. She talked about holidays in Barga as well as visiting relatives in Fishburn.
I got frustrated by the historian recounting the information about the internment camps on the Isle of Man - soooooo many assumptions were made. We haven't a clue about the Santi family's political sympathies. About a third of Italians in the UK were members of the fascist party.
Adelmo/Arthur was released on 8 May 1941 while Peter was released on 4 June 1941 as a 'special case' (according to the papers in the National Archives image library). I noted that, while he said that his normal occupation was ice-cream vendor, he was employed as a canteen attendant at Fishburn Colliery