Summary
FOLLOWING on from the recent article on the evacuation of school children from Birmingham just before the outbreak of the Second World War, Barry Fletcher has written in with his memories and with information about a group keeping alive such memories.
"In May 1939, just before my eighth birthday, my father died unexpectedly in hospital leaving Mom in great distress. My last memory of Dad was watching him dig the hole for the Anderson shelter in the back garden in April 1939.See the full content of this document
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Evacuation Children Given a New Home
A few months later my childhood received another serious setback the outbreak of war with Germany and my evacuation.
At Station Road Board School, Aston, I have since discovered, our evacuation was planned a year before the outbreak of war and on September 28, 1938, a meeting with parents was held at...See the full content of this document
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