ABSTRACT
Some four million people, the majority of them children, were involved in evacuation away from their homes at some point during the Second World War. This sudden, enforced mingling of the population caused a massive cultural shock to all concerned. It highlighted the disparity in living conditions endured by many families in the cities and large towns, compared with those of the more prosperous rural communities. Children under five, who made up the bulk of the evacuees, were normally accompanied by their mothers. School-age children were evacuated en masse with their schools, under the supervision of teachers. This chapter presents some case studies on the evacuee's mindset during the war and they are listed under various categories such as the scholarship girl, extracts from the diary of a provincial woman, extract from a letter to a friend from a railway worker, the Airman's daughter and so on.
