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Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2

Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2. One child’s dream could be another’s nightmare. Ivy. Lived in Margate, Kent Was evacuated at the age of 6 to Rugleley and Hints in Staffordshire. Maisie. Lived in Benthall Green, London

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Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2

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  1. Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2

  2. One child’s dream could be another’s nightmare

  3. Ivy • Lived in Margate, Kent • Was evacuated at the age of 6 to Rugleley and Hints in Staffordshire

  4. Maisie • Lived in Benthall Green, London • Was evacuated first to Norfolk and then to Leek in Staffordshire in 1940

  5. Esther • Lived in Ramsgate, Kent • She was evacuated with her sister to Betley on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border

  6. Joyce • Lived in Ramsgate, Kent • Joyce was 5 years old when she was evacuated • She was evacuated to Knightley near Stafford with her sister

  7. Douglas • Lived in Birmingham • He was evacuated to Rolleston-on-Dove • He was separated from his brother when he was given a billet

  8. Lived in Westgate-on-Sea in Kent • She was evacuated at the age of 9 with her brother • They were evacuated to Colton in Staffordshire • They were billeted to the biggest house in village Shirley

  9. Evacuees also experienced a different way of life in Staffordshire Many evacuees had come from cities and had never been to the countryside

  10. Bernard O’Donnell was 7 years old when he was evacuated. He lived in Manchester and was evacuated to Cotton in Staffordshire You must remember I was a townie, and in the town, as a child, you can’t see very far before you see a building can you really? … you can’t even see the horizon, the proper horizon, because it’s knocked off by buildings. And of course getting to Staffordshire, where we were, it was incredible because I could see a big, huge sky. I could see the hills round the back and to the right there was a pine forest … And it was just amazing to be in the countryside and see cows and sheep … I saw lambs being born once in the spring you know it was staggering.

  11. Gordon and his parents gave a home to an evacuee called Alan • Alan came from Manchester Gordon Gordon remembers this about Alan experiencing life in the countryside for the first time:

  12. Lived in Margate, Kent • Was evacuated to Tamworth • Went to live on a farm at Clifton Campville George

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