ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1985, is a scholarly examination of the of the British wartime evacuation of 4 million people, mostly children, from the cities to the countryside – and how it affected social life during the war years. It uses hitherto unpublished material from the collections of the Children’s Overseas Reception Board and the Mass Observation Archive.

chapter Chapter One|28 pages

The First Round

chapter Chapter Two|36 pages

Doing it Again

chapter Chapter Three|30 pages

The Ties that Bind

chapter Chapter Four|34 pages

Perils of the Deep

chapter Chapter Five|22 pages

Settled In

chapter Chapter Six|30 pages

Welcome the Traveller Home

chapter |8 pages

Epilogue