General Chat

anyone else watching it
i feel so much for the children who had to be evacuated during the war :(

yeah you should be able to veiw it online
i thought it wasnt on till tonight so only jst caught it

what an insite im really enjoying it

very sad some of it Stray for some of the children
So glad it wasn't in my childhood

yep wenders somtimes we dont realise how lucky we are
would be intresting to know if anyone on here was evacuated and would be willing to share there story

blimey I can remember the nit nurse (not in war time lol)

makes me think how would we cope if it was us now but back then, no central heating, hardley any food, no computers makes me shudder

I am watching it with tears streaming down my face as my "Dad" was sent to Devon ~he run away from there~ lied and went into the Army.

x

it is very emotional stories
3 million children had to be evacuated :(


aw R.B your poor dad ...lots lied did lie how old they were to get in x

Just watched it very good, as we have read about them in books etc, its nice to see some of them who went.

My mum told me about when she was sent away. Pity she wasnt still here to see it as she would have liked listening to it.

But sadly so sad story have come out, again read it in books etc.

Pity its only on for 5 days. Hope there is more of them in the new year

i cant wait to watch the next one

very moving must have been scary

as somone who moved practically next door to my parents when i left home i cant imagine beign a child taken miles away when younger

oh poo, i missed it,i thought it was on at 9pm

i thought it was on at 9 to
but it was on at 5
catch it tomroow if you can its very very good

i'll sky+ it or else i'll forget...doh!!!!!!

It's on ITV 1.

I am such a plonker..I put a post up about this the other day to tell anyone who was interested.... and then forgot to watch it myself.

Is there anyway you can kick yourself up the b*m...lol

Linda

What a lot of memories this programme bought to my other half, he was evacuated to Devon from London in 1941 just 5 years old along with his 3 elder sisters.
He cannot remember much about it thou, all he remembers is seeing the sea for the first time.
They were separated he went with the younger sister, the other 2 sisters who were aged 8 and 10 had a terrible time they used to be locked in the basement of the house at night and were only let out in the morning .

Val

ITV 1, 5pm every day this week

I wish I could repeat a story of evacuees and parents Stray but unfortunately tis not my story to tell. ....Very sad outcome though

A good subject for a thread. I hope you get many answers as there must be many who have a story to tell.


Susan
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aw val first time seeing the sea must have been magical even thot he circumstances wernt nice

hi susan the programme was wonderful it must have been so hard for so many children

Only if you want to fall over Linda.

I recorded it and watched it a little while ago, it's sure to be on again before long, so many repeats these days and close to the original showing as well.

It was interesting, especially the one where the woman was unhappy in Hunstanton, kept getting slapped cos the woman had taken against her.
I love Hunstanton and that area so when I go next time will have a wander and see if I can recognise the place she was looking at - looks like an hotel or something now.

It was lovely when the woman met up with the daughter of the people she was staying with, in Blackpool.

Looking forward to the one tonight.

Lizx

When our School was evacuated, I did not want to go, as my mother had already died, and I thought if I go, and my family are killed, I want to go with them, not be left alone.

Later on my father was sent to do War Work, just outside Blackpool, and I went back with him on one occasion, when the Rockets were hitting London. The place we lived, the woman was just horrible, a very unhappy time, but I made friends with another family, and to this day the daughter my age, correspond, We are both in our 70's and it has become a lasting friendship.
OH and me did manage to visit her and her late mother twice. They gave me a bit of happiness at that time.

Mo

mo how lovely to have made a long lasting friendship xx

rita i feel a lot of children were "felt" unwanted it must have been awful xxx