Women get again for the first time after meeting in Summerset in WW2

Joe Scirkevsky and Alexandra Basingham and Will Glenn

BBC News, West of England

Alice Moody (left) and Jean Laflin (Right) first met in Hardington Mandville during World War 2

BBC two women talk to each other - both of them have white hair and one is wearing a gray pattern shirt and gray trouser and one sits on a brown armchair, while the other is in wheelchair and the other is in a wheelchair and a floral skirt and purple cardigan wears — Alice Moody (left) and Jean Laflin (Right) first met in Hardington Mandville during World War 2

Two women, who met for the first time for the first time 80 years ago, have re -joined for the first time after World War Two.

104 -year -old Alice Moody was a recent qualified teacher, when he traveled from London to Summerset village in Hardington Mandville to help them educate children.

He was well remembered in the village and one of her former students, 96 -year -old Jean Laflin traveled to her care home in Wiltshire, who remembers Mrs. Moody – which she remembers as Ms. Rasel.

“In the interim, you forget a lot and suddenly it all comes back that is cute,” said Ms. Laflin.

Mrs. Moody – Then Ms. Russell – both seen in both pictures were seen here, a young teacher and “role model” who were for teenage students Ms. Laflin during World War Two

There are two pictures of Mrs. Moody, as she was in the 20s. In the picture of the left hand, he is wearing overcoat belts and short hair is slightly curly. There is a hand in his pocket. In the picture of the right hand, she is wearing a elbow-length knitted top and skirt, with a small bag on her shoulder and her black hair is tied back. She is smiling on camera in both pictures, which both show trees behind her. — Mrs. Moody – Then Ms. Russell – both seen in both pictures were seen here, a young teacher and “role model” who were for teenage students Ms. Laflin during World War Two

Ms. Laflin brought some old pictures of the village since the 1940s and 1950s, so that Mrs. Moody could be reminded of “a lot of happiness”.

He said that, although he was older and a lot of time had passed, it was amazing to remember it together.

When Mrs. Moody arrived at the school, Ms. Laflin said she saw her as a role model.

She said: “I was a teenager and she was a young teacher, and she inspired me to become a nurse and become a nurse. I have a lot grate.”

She said that her smile was “exactly the same and illuminated her eyes”, as did all those years ago.

In the 1940s and 1950s, pictures of Hardington Mandville helped Mrs. Moody remind me of “So many happy memories”.

Hardington Mandeville Village is a historical picture of the Summerset. There are acre area and hedgos with five or six buildings and outbuilding in the middle of the picture, which can be a mixture of homes and school. — In the 1940s and 1950s, pictures of Hardington Mandville helped Mrs. Moody remind me of “So many happy memories”.

For Mrs. Moody, it was a memori lane trip to two “old friends to old friends”.

Mrs. Moody said that her memories of Hardington were of cute days and she could not “just believe” she was meeting Ms. Laflin again.

He has recorded his war -time memoirs, which are currently being edited and made in a book, in which friends are being sent.

“She misses a lot in the book, and brings a lot of memories back to me. [Reading] It was amazing, “said Ms. Laflin.

Ms. Laflin said, “It would have been very frightening for parents to keep your children in a train, not knowing where they were going, but Mrs. Moody was there to take care of them.”