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I sat with Pete Cook for this interview just weeks after his 100th birthday, reflecting on a life that has spanned a century of change. Growing up on the family farm in Bedfordshire, he left home as a young man to join the Royal Navy during the Second World War, a decision that would take him far beyond the fields he knew.
In this episode, Pete shares his memories of VE Day, the surrender of German U-boats in the Irish Sea, and then his journey to the Far East, where he witnessed the surrender of Japanese forces on remote islands. Returning to the farm after the war, his story is one of quiet resilience and a life shaped by service, both in uniform and at home on the farm.
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