2. Finding a new home in Staffordshire 2

3. One child’s dream could be another’s nightmare

4. Ivy  Lived in Margate, Kent  Was evacuated at the age of 6 to Rugleley and Hints in Staffordshire

5. Maisie  Lived in Benthall Green, London  Was evacuated first to Norfolk and then to Leek in Staffordshire in 1940

6.  Lived in Ramsgate, Kent  She was evacuated with her sister to Betley on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border Esther

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

8.  Lived in Birmingham  He was evacuated to Rolleston-on-Dove  He was separated from his brother when he was given a billet Douglas

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

10. Evacuees also experienced a different way of life in Staffordshire Many evacuees had come from cities and had never been to the countryside

11. Bernard O’Donnell 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 can’t see very far before you see a building can you really? … you can’t even see the horizon, the proper horizon, because it’s 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.

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:

13.  Lived in Margate, Kent  Was evacuated to Tamworth George  Went to live on a farm at Clifton Campville