Today in 2010, Andrée Peel died in Long Ashton at the incredible age of 105.
Born and raised in France as Andrée Virot, she joined the French Resistance during World War II and saved the lives of 102 allied pilots. Andrée survived torture and concentration camps.
She later lived for many years in Long Ashton with her husband, where she worked as a healer.
She features in Unsung Women in Somerset.
