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Emily Peasgood’s Threaded Shelter
In 2025, we marked 80 years since Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) and Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) – moments that when first celebrated, signalled the official end of the Second World War with our exhibition, ‘Echoes of War’. As part of the exhibition, visitors were invited to engage with artist Emily Peasgood’s recreation of a Morrison shelter. Here, they listened to powerful Home Front stories, narrated by Elmbridge residents and local schoolchildren, bringing personal memories and voices from the past vividly to life.
To mark this VE Day we are sharing the recordings that brought this Morrison shelter to life.
Explore the recordings below.
Voice Actor: Elizabeth
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon.
Voice Actor: Tamsin Vigar
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Voice Actor: Anon
Supporting Voice Actor: Phil Self
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Voice Actor: David Harrington
Supporting Voice Actor: Elizabeth
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Voice Actor: Ian Burrows
Supporting Voice Actor: Emily Cropley
Supporting Voice Actor: David Harrington
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Voice Actor: Emily Cropley
Supporting Voice Actor: Seema Richardson
Supporting Voice Actor: Emily Peasgood
Voice Actor: Ian Burrows
Voice Actor: David Harrington
Supporting Voice Actor: Seema Richardson
Voice Actor: Francesa Wingham
Supporting Voice Actor: Ian Burrows
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Voice Actor: Anne Withers
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Voice Actor: Seema Richardson
Supporting Voice Actor: Leah Zakss
Supporting Voice Actor: Anne Withers
Supporting Voice Actor: Cateleya Van Schalkwyk
Supporting Voice Actor: George Jackson
Supporting Voice Actor: Grace Mortimer
Supporting Voice Actor: Anon
Interviewee: Ivy Keyte
Interviewees: Barbara Halley and Colin Halley
Voice Actor: Shanti Satheeskumar
Voice Actor: Leah Zakss
Interviewee: David Bartholomew
Interviewer: Philip Self
