Mrs Gerry Watson writes:

“So far I haven’t seen anyone who was evacuated to Windlesham Surrey, from Hendon, London NW1. I would be so pleased to find someone to contact for memories of that time.”

July 2008

PW Taylor nee Tucker writes “

I was evacuated to Thaxted (Essex) from Capworh Street School, Leyton E10. I have yet to see any reference to Thaxted and would love to hear from anyone who was evacuated there.”

July 2008

R Grew writes: (Ed. I hope I have your name correct, your signature was hard to read. I am working at home and therefore could not access the database to check.)

“I would very much like to hear from anybody who was evacuated to Harpenden (Hertfordshire), especially any of the Sabina sisters. I spent my growing up years there (39-43). I have good memories.

July 2008

Mrs D Warren nee Croxson :

“M y sister and I were evacuated to Swanage in Dorset on 3rd September 1939 with our school. I was 6 years old and my sister was 11 years. We stayed with a Mr & Mrs Dunsby who had a greengrocers on the High Street, they had on e son John, then later Derek. They were good to us. It was a very pretty place. We came from Lambeth, so you can imagine it was quite different.

July 2008

Mrs Beryl Byers writes:

“Was anyone billeted at Barrow Hall in Burton-on- Trent and has anyone got any photos of the inside of the hall?”

July 2008

Mrs D Marquis nee Potter writes:

“Once again I am writing to see if anybody comes forward claiming to be evacuated to where five of my family were sent. It was Moulton near Spalding in Lincolnshire. We were sent from Edward Square School in Islington. I never see it mentioned. My Youngest sister stayed until 1946, she was only three when she went, the rest came home earlier. As I was the eldest I had to come home in 1940 as my mother was a widow, so I had to come back to work. I do hope I get some responses.”

July 2008

Stanley Wright says:

“At the age of six I was evacuated from Goodrich Road School in East Dulwich, South-East London. We were sent to Great Bookham in Surrey where I lived with two different families, the second of which was with a blind man who used me as his guide. He was also a crook and because so many people were after him, he did a runner back to his other home in Clapham Common, London, unfortunately he took me with him. So now I found myself evacuated to a very dangerous place. Eventually the authorities found out, removed me from his care and sent me to a place called Codford in Wiltshire on the edge of the Salisbury Plain. I was there joined by my younger brother Alan. We stayed at a large house called ‘Little Ashton Hostel’ which was run by a Mrs Angus, there were about twenty other children there, I believe from the London area. I was there until the end of the war. I have tried to keep this brief, my story is far more complicated, as I know many others are, but would dearly love to hear from anyone who was also at these places and might have known me”

July 2008