A man has been left in tears after his grandmother’s wartime diary written during the Nazi occupation of Guernsey was restored.

On tonight’s episode of The Repair Shop, Rodger arrived at the workshop with his grandson Thomas – and an incredibly delicate family heirloom.

As they explained, the small pocket diary they wanted repaired belonged to Rodger’s grandmother Lillian, who detailed her daily going-ons in 1942.

At that time the Channel Islands had already been occupied by German forces for two years.

Although half of Guernsey’s residents had been evacuated, those who stayed endured five years under authoritarian rule and faced curfews and food rationing,

As Thomas explained the diary appeared to be ‘a form of therapy’, with his great-great grandmother detailing her wartime experien

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