General Chat

rita that is lovely hun
and you have helped give the children an insight into what happeneed yrs ago xxx

I was evacuated to Kidderminster during the war and I wonder if anyone else was sent there too. My sister,who was also evacuated to Kidderminster, was billeted in a house with servants, a chauffeur and a gardener , but she spent most of her time with the servants, in their quarters.I was billeted with the Chauffeur's wife at the bottom of the drive. Nevertheless, we both had quite a good time, but it was nice to be back home again.

My OH Alan was sent to yorkshire and he was just saying that he another boy and a girl ran away and got quite a way before they were caught that was the second place he had been to the first Earls Barton in Northampton we wnt ther once and the little house was a resturant now.

Margaret

oh did anyone spot GR hehe

wonder who the lady is who found her evacuee friend thro gr?

its worth trying to watch karen
very emotional in some bits

Managed to remember to watch last nights episode after missing the first one.

Will watch that online.

Have set to record it today as we are out for the day

Linda

Karen, maybe you can watch it online, I have done that before now.

Lizx

Susan,The lady that has found out about having 3 half siblings has given up for the time being to do more research. Annie

You would have thought this would have been a subject GR would have made a request stickie post about before now.


The woman who searched for her half siblings...... Did she find them?. I got waylaid with PC crashing so didn't see the rest of it.

I hope it turned out alright for her and they were welcoming?. It doesn't always have a happy ending unfortunately :-(

I was evacuated at the age of 5yrs6mths, a very fragile, sickly little girl. Living in the country improved that and at almost 74, I am anything but fragile! I did write some articles for our church magazine, but I dont know how to copy from Word to here, and they might be too long anyway. I am still living in the area I was evacuated to, but did go back for a few years after the war.

My dads brother (my uncle) wrote about his evacuation with my dad and another brother.If you google Rags to Riches by Stan Hedges you will find it on a BBC site. Annie

aw i think its lovely the stories were they have stayed in touch and have become like family
its a real insite and very eye opening to the lives of children int he war
must have been a very scary time for them :(

My Dad was evacuated to a farm near Haye on Wye from Liverpool in 1940. He loved it so much that he didn't return home until 1946. If my Nan wanted to see him, she had to go there., Even when he did his National Service he still went back to visit sometimes, when he was on leave.

He lost touch with the farmer and his housekeeper after he married Mum. In the 1970's my OH and I found the farm in question, made a note of the phone number from the board advertising B & B. Dad got in touch and both the farmer and his housekeeper where still alive. Mum and Dad used to visit twice a year after that until my Dad died.

For him it was a good experience but most of his mates returned to Liverpool after the May Blitz because they were so unhappy.

It is on ITV at 5 pm.

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

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

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

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

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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