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Member Since: December 2006 Posts: 4,275 Send Message	Madmeg	Report	11 Jan 2009 00:06
	Does anyone know if there is any record kept of children evacuated in WW2? I know my grandma had two children with her, and my mum was very fond of them. Sadly mum died two months ago and I have no means of knowing who they were. Margaret
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 48 Send Message	David	Report	11 Jan 2009 00:23
Member Since: August 2003 Posts: 48 Send Message	I really doubt that there was. My sister & I were evacuated in WW2, and it was a 'private' deal between my mother and a work colleague's sister who was a farmer's wife in Cornwall. We stayed on that farm for over 4 years! Most evacuees did go away as a whole school together, but what often isn't appreciated is that many kids only stayed away from London for a month or two. Once one or two went home because of mistreatment, loneliness, or a parent's illness, there was a huge drift homewards, which the authorities had no control over. It certainly couldn't be done today!