ABSTRACT
In the early months of the Second World War, many schoolchildren were ‘evacuated’ from big cities to ‘reception areas’ where they would be less vulner able. Children from Liverpool came to North Wales, and what most struck them, apart from linguistic and religious differences, was the countryside. They had to come to terms with sheep and cattle, and accommodate themselves to the alien rhythms of rural life. Teachers took such pupils out of doors for classes to give them an experience of ‘nature’ at first hand. For their part, while the chil dren often enjoyed their new experiences they were not sorry to return to their urban ways.
