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I am so proud of Harwich and of the volunteers at Harwich museum - it was a community event and we made the community proud.
Former child evacuees who are now in their 90s have attended an 85th anniversary event to mark the day they hopped on a train ...
But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the island, children were offered the chance to be evacuated from the island with their schools. He said: "My brother and I ...
A primary school in a Derbyshire town was evacuated after a pupil brought a suspected WW2 grenade to a show-and ... the staff for their rapid response. Children were safely ushered away as the ...
When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War Two. But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set ...
Nora Hoskin, 94, said she had vivid memories of the day she and her school friends were evacuated from Plymouth ... "Then we were told 'X number of children from your class would be going ...
Staff and children at a primary school were forced to ... May 16 after the youngster unexpectedly produced the WW2 grade 5 explosive device during the assembly. Head teacher Jeanette Hart said ...
Drama unfolded at a Derbyshire primary school as children and staff were evacuated following the arrival ... when a child astonishingly revealed a WW2 grade 5 explosive device during an assembly.
Evacuated with teachers and children from Gainsborough Road School, Mr Butterfield, then aged seven, travelled on a train to Minehead, Somerset before being sent to live in nearby Alcombe.
The 8 May 2025 marks 80 years since VE Day. Julie McNicholls Vale discovers how the ‘Cambrian News’ marked the occasion and ...