Secondary Research:
Children were affected by World War Two hugely. Nearly two
million children were evacuated from their homes at the start of World War Two;
children had to endure rationing, gas mask lessons, living with strangers etc.
Children accounted for one in ten of the deaths during the Blitz of London from
1940 to 1941.
On August 31st, 1939, the government issued the order
“Evacuate Forthwith” and ‘Operation Pied Piper’ was started the very next day.
“The forgotten victims of World War Two were the children.”
Juliet Gardiner.
“I noticed a woman looking at evacuees’ hair and opening
their mouths, but one of the helpers said, “They might come from the East End,
but they’re children, not animals.” R Baker, evacuee from Bethnal Green.
“I have had few worse hours in my life than those I spent
watching the school being taken off in drizzling rain and gathering gloom to
those unknown villages, knowing I was powerless to do anything about it.”
Dorothy King, teacher
“One mother in London, after watching her own two children
march off, saw two tots leave a line and rush up to a policemen standing in the
middle of the intersection, holding traffic until the children had passed.
“Bye-bye, Daddy,” they said. The policeman looked down, smiled, and said, “Now
be good, kiddies.” The children then got back in line. As they did so, the
mother saw tears rolling down the policeman’s cheeks.”
Schoolgirls take part in an open-air sewing class whilst
evacuees in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in 1940. During the war, many school
buildings were either damaged or requisitioned for war use, causing a shortage
of suitable places to conduct school lessons. Lessons were held in unusual
places such as chapels, pubs and church crypts. During the warmer months
lessons could even be held outdoors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jSsk3NtMLo
Book written by a member of Christ Church GreatYarmouth about her life in WW2
Book written by a member of Christ Church GreatYarmouth about her life in WW2
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