Interview with Beryl Evans by Vicky Macdonald

Description

Short interview conducted by Vicky MaCdonald during the ‘Longest Yarn’ with visitors that shared personal memories and family stories in reaction to the exhibition. The Longest Yarn exhibition was a month-long tribute to the War Effort behind the D-Day Landings of 1944 - displaying a 3D tapestry depicting D-Day in 80 panels – was held at the Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno (October 2–27, 2024).

Beryl Evans recounts a wartime story about her father and uncle. Her father, a former soldier, was called back to duty and trained for D-Day. Just before deployment, he and Beryl's uncle sneaked home for a final visit by convincing a train driver to drop them off and pick them up later. Her father was severely wounded and shell-shocked during the D-Day landing in Caen, while her uncle, assigned to body retrieval, was killed in action. Her father survived but never fully recovered, carrying both physical and emotional scars.