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Slide 2 Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2 Slide 3 One childs dream could be anothers nightmare Slide 4 Ivy Lived in Margate, Kent Was evacuated at the age of 6 to Rugleley and Hints in Staffordshire Slide 5 Maisie Lived in Benthall Green, London Was evacuated first to Norfolk and then to Leek in Staffordshire in 1940 Slide 6 Lived in Ramsgate, Kent She was evacuated with her sister to Betley on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border Esther Slide 7 Joyce Lived in Ramsgate, Kent Joyce was 5 years old when she was evacuated She was evacuated to Knightley near Stafford with her sister Slide 8 Lived in Birmingham He was evacuated to Rolleston-on-Dove He was separated from his brother when he was given a billet Douglas Slide 9 Lived in Westgate-on-Sea in Kent She was evacuated at the age of 9 with her brother They were evacuated to Colton in Staffordshire They were billeted to the biggest house in village Shirley Slide 10 Evacuees also experienced a different way of life in Staffordshire Many evacuees had come from cities and had never been to the countryside Slide 11 Bernard ODonnell was 7 years old when he was evacuated. He lived in Manchester and was evacuated to Cotton in Staffordshire You must remember I was a townie, and in the town, as a child, you cant see very far before you see a building can you really? you cant even see the horizon, the proper horizon, because its knocked off by buildings. And of course getting to Staffordshire, where we were, it was incredible because I could see a big, huge sky. I could see the hills round the back and to the right there was a pine forest And it was just amazing to be in the countryside and see cows and sheep I saw lambs being born once in the spring you know it was staggering. Slide 12 Gordon and his parents gave a home to an evacuee called Alan Alan came from Manchester Gordon Gordon remembers this about Alan experiencing life in the countryside for the first time: Slide 13 Lived in Margate, Kent Was evacuated to Tamworth George Went to live on a farm at Clifton Campville